Demolition Continues......Making a Master Bathroom

Old window that would not open was replaced with a modern window

Demolition and reconstruction continue on the master bathroom project.   Junk and rubble are piling up where once storage was piling up. At this point there are five giant bags of rubbish to haul to the dump, just to make enough room to work. It has been several days and progress is visibly obvious.

utility room door, demolished wallboard, and original
wall peeking out behind wall board sections leaning on
wall next to door..this original wall has horizontal boards

First off both doors to the bathroom and the utility room were removed and preserved for future use. These are original doors and considering the rest of the house has these doors, we must reuse them whereever possible. These doors are more detailed, and of different specifications than modern doors. The antique doors are visibly thinner than modern doors. These doors also have a box lock, some have Bennington knobs, and there is even a door with a trace of faux painting on it...that turned up when Mr decided to strip a door without consulting. Unfortunately he removed part of the faux painting job I would have loved to preserve. Going forward we will have to determine the fate of that faux painted door, which now has an interesting chippy shabby chic look.

original wall hiding behind sheet rock circa 1960

Next the sheet rock covering the wall was cut and removed in one piece. This piece was cut in two to make the piece easier to remove from the room. Once this piece was removed from the wall a wall of rough hewn framing lumber was exposed. Mr expected this wall to be a 1960 construction, exposing it proved him wrong. This required a fresh look at the situation and a new discussion of the possibilities.

In the next posting work will continue to demolish the old bathroom, in order to frame in a perimeter for the new bathroom with shower. The rebuilt utility room will be hidden behind walls and doors and will provide a bit of utility storage that did not exist before.