Hope Improvement Project: Day One
Day one: Removal of old stuff
Planned about an hour to pull the toilet, vanity, and carpet out of the bathroom. Wrong again. First I chose to remove the toilet. Turned off the water, flushed the toilet, and scooped out the remaining water. Then started on the bolts. The disgusting bolts that hold it to the floor were rusted. In addition, when the nuts get halfway up the threads, they just spin in place and the nuts won't move up anymore. After screwing with them for 20 min, got out the Dremel and cut them off. Burning hot piece of cut off disk landed on my bare foot. I now have a nice little half mood brand. Disconnected the water and pulled the toilet off the ground. Gross!!!
I won't go into too much detail but just a warning, DO NOT flush diaper wipes. The giant mass of wipes stuck in the trap can only be described as "poop fish." Removed poop fish with latex gloves, put toilet in bathtub. Cleaned the ring and moved onto the sink.
First I cut the silicone around the sink. I then went to turn off the water but both shut offs were stuck. Got some pliers, turned and shutoff spun in place. Shit! Was able to get the other one to move and turn off but now the first one is definitely shot. Had to shutoff the water main to the house in order to remove sink. Undid the rest of the plumbing. Gave the sink a tug. Stuck. Found 3 screws holding it to the wall. Removed screws. Pulled. Stuck. Found three more hidden screws at the bottom. Removed. Pulled. Stuck. Pulled sink up and was able to remove sink from vanity. Found two more super secret hidden screws. Removed. Pulled. Budging now but the outlet pipe goes through a hole cut in the side of the vanity that is smaller in diameter than the end of the pipe. How is this possible? Got out cut off tool. Spent 15 min cutting a larger hole without hitting the pipe. Removed vanity Woohoo!
Trip to Home Depot for shut off valve, solder (of course it wasn't one of the threaded kind that broke), toilet bolts, paint, etc. FIL was nice enough to come over and taught me to solder on a new valve. Had to stop for the day to cook dinner, take kids to swim lessons, etc. Pulled carpet that evening. My hour project had taken all day!
Planned about an hour to pull the toilet, vanity, and carpet out of the bathroom. Wrong again. First I chose to remove the toilet. Turned off the water, flushed the toilet, and scooped out the remaining water. Then started on the bolts. The disgusting bolts that hold it to the floor were rusted. In addition, when the nuts get halfway up the threads, they just spin in place and the nuts won't move up anymore. After screwing with them for 20 min, got out the Dremel and cut them off. Burning hot piece of cut off disk landed on my bare foot. I now have a nice little half mood brand. Disconnected the water and pulled the toilet off the ground. Gross!!!
I won't go into too much detail but just a warning, DO NOT flush diaper wipes. The giant mass of wipes stuck in the trap can only be described as "poop fish." Removed poop fish with latex gloves, put toilet in bathtub. Cleaned the ring and moved onto the sink.
First I cut the silicone around the sink. I then went to turn off the water but both shut offs were stuck. Got some pliers, turned and shutoff spun in place. Shit! Was able to get the other one to move and turn off but now the first one is definitely shot. Had to shutoff the water main to the house in order to remove sink. Undid the rest of the plumbing. Gave the sink a tug. Stuck. Found 3 screws holding it to the wall. Removed screws. Pulled. Stuck. Found three more hidden screws at the bottom. Removed. Pulled. Stuck. Pulled sink up and was able to remove sink from vanity. Found two more super secret hidden screws. Removed. Pulled. Budging now but the outlet pipe goes through a hole cut in the side of the vanity that is smaller in diameter than the end of the pipe. How is this possible? Got out cut off tool. Spent 15 min cutting a larger hole without hitting the pipe. Removed vanity Woohoo!
Trip to Home Depot for shut off valve, solder (of course it wasn't one of the threaded kind that broke), toilet bolts, paint, etc. FIL was nice enough to come over and taught me to solder on a new valve. Had to stop for the day to cook dinner, take kids to swim lessons, etc. Pulled carpet that evening. My hour project had taken all day!
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