For the past 3 years during Memorial weekend, Andy’s parents and brother have come to help us with house work. This year we tackled the office (formerly known as the hot tub room) and the downstairs bathroom. Part 1 is adventures in the bathroom.

No Tresspassing, ewies inside.







We gutted it two years ago, but hadn’t gotten back to it until this weekend. Lovely, isn’t it?







Andy had to redo the plumbing. Pipes were bent instead of using elbows to round corners. And other shortcuts were taken, like sawing through the bottom of beams instead of drilling the correct size hole.







It’s a small room so I stepped into the hallway so you could see a different angle. Andy and his dad replaced that window a few weeks ago (along with a similar one in the laundry room). Since the room is small we used 2×3 studs for the framing instead of 2x4s (every inch counts!). We also used foamboard insulation instead of the normal pink stuff because it took up less room.







We’re going to put tile down and since it gets so cold downstairs in winter, we wanted to put a heating element underneath the floor.















Finally the drywall went up! Next Andy has to spackle, his *favorite* job in the whole world! Right before they left, Andy’s dad also put in the base for the standing shower.







My dad and Leslie even stopped in for a little visit on Saturday :)