House in Progress Diary

This bathroom floor is GONE

Bride-to-be, KJ, was visiting from Alaska for the holidays. So, of COURSE we put her to work!

She TAWANDA-ED* that floor! She's swinging that hammer so fast you can't even SEE it!

After she left, I finished the job and then got a little overzealous with the wet/dry vac. I guess I have lived with a little too much dust for too long.

We carried out about 15 buckets of concrete and tile. These old floors were SOLID! The concrete was 3 inches thick.

And yes, that IS a Tupperware lid with free weights on top of the drain for the toilet. Why do you ask? There is a piece of flat cardboard between it and the wax seal which has completely blocked any odor from coming back up into the house. Our temporary solutions are occasionally the "creative, unelegant" kind.

If you want classy, you may need to find another site unfortunately. Now, SASSY, we're all about that. Classy LONG TERM...we aim for that. Short term, you take what you can get, eh?

* TAWANDA (verb): To rip apart or break apart or hammer through in the manner of a really tough Amazonian Warrior Princess. Kjerstin-Speak.

Posted by jeanne on January 5, 2004 at 11:02 AM