Handy Mandy

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Tiling the shower floor

My shower pan is set, my floors are tiled, and I am finally ready to tile the shower floor. I truly have no experience tiling a shower pan, but now that I have some tiling under my belt, I am… Continue Reading →

Tiling the Bathroom Floor

My cement backer board is set and I am finally ready to start tiling the bathroom floor. I am soooo excited to finally be putting my bathroom back together again. I have only tiled once before and it was a… Continue Reading →

Floor Tile Part 1: Installing Cement Backer Board

I finished installing the bathroom walls, the shower pan, and surprisingly passed the waterproofing test, so now it’s time to get the floor ready for tile. Before I just slap some tile on, like everything else, I have to prep… Continue Reading →

Installing a Schluter Shower Pan

My drains are set, my waterlines are in place, and my walls are up. It’s getting real. Before I can prep my floor for tile, I have to install the Schluter shower pan. I’m a little nervous about this one… Continue Reading →

Installing Shower walls

Now that my drains are in the right places and subfloor is finally finished, I get to start installing the shower walls! I never thought I would use an exclamation mark after a sentence like that…There are quite a few… Continue Reading →

Relocating bathtub pipes… again.

After finishing my water lines, my bathtub arrived, then I figured out I screwed up. My drain was too close to the wall on one side and not close enough to the other wall. Freaking fantastic… Now I have to relocate… Continue Reading →

Leveling the Bathroom Subfloor

My drains are set and my water pipes are in place and now I am so ready to start putting things back together! Before I start anything else, I need to level the bathroom subfloor. When I removed the tub… Continue Reading →

Rerouting water pipes: Bathroom plumbing

In my last post, I talked about receiving an outrageous quote for the plumbing work I needed for my bathroom remodel. It really pissed me off and made me more motivated to learn how to complete the plumbing myself. I… Continue Reading →

Outrageous plumbing quote: drain replacement here I come

My walls are textured and I’m so ready to get the rest of my floor and walls finished, but before I could proceed, I needed the drains set and the plumbing water lines finished. During demo, I had a plumber… Continue Reading →

Wall texture: Let’s get messy

My fence is finished and I am ready to get back to my bathroom remodel! Finally, no distractions… other than the fact that I am also homeschooling my children. I guess we will just have to see how it goes… Continue Reading →

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