I finished taking this wall down
These are the pictures of the 1/2 demolished barhroom
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Kulpy
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I am 65 years old women, who has shoulder surgery a year ago, ad surgery on both knees. I don’t have the funds to hire out and buy materials. I am on SS. The demo has been rougher than I thought body wise. I also need to know how hard it is to replace the shower floor which is very slippery when wet. I have fallen several times even with the grab bars. I wold like to make the almost 6foot long shower down to 4 foot, add a wall and beach on the shower side and cubbies to put towels and product on the other side next to the toilet. It is a very small master bath. The guest bath is twice the size. I need help figuring out how to do this with no budget, and limited strength. I got all the tile off next to the vanity, across from the vanity, need to move the vanity with the granit counter, and the toilet. How hard is it to retire the shower, there are broken tiles, the grab bars are rusting. I checked into an insert but I was quoted $5000.00 for just the shower. It has taken me a couple of months just to get this far. The bathroom is maybe 6 x 10 at the most. Any suggestions
I have to move the vanity with the granit counter, and the toilet which is right next to it, the shower is up against the toilet to the right of the vanity
This is the wall next to the showe, most of it is down, but tiles broke around the grab bar and down further
I had the electric fixed and was able to remove the bottom tiles
Contact senior services. What about volunteers from your church or organizations you belong to? They should be able to give you some people to contact. If your floors are vinyl don't put soap in your bucket when mopping. Soap tends to make vinyl floors slippery. Check with handyman and see who has experience with bathroom installations. What about your kids? They could chip in and help put the floor in for you.
My kids live in Pennsylvani, I live in Florida. They are to far away. It is the floor of the shower that is so dangerous. I tried to put those sticky things on the porcelain tile but they always come off due to the grout, the water gets underneath and pops them off the tile. I guess I should have figured it sounded too easy on those diy shows.
Yeah, Kulpy, this is a huge job even with the experience of professionals. DIY shows do make it look WAY too easy, but the people doing the actual work have been doing it for years. I think you are going to have to hire a contractor to fix your bathroom for you. This is way beyond the average DIYer's skill set.
I agree, you need professional help. You're not going to be able to do all the work that needs to be done. Especially the shower floor. You need to make a pan for the shower floor and the floor needs a slight pitch to the drain and must be put down properly or you'll have puddles of standing water when you finish your shower. If you're going to put in a bench or seat, I suggest that you don't make the shower smaller. You'll need room to move around, possibly with a walker. Also, there's no way you can move the vanity with the granite countertop, it's way to heavy. You'll be needing back surgery next. Call local colleges and tech high schools and ask if they have programs to help you. Call habitat for humanity and explain your problem. Good luck with your reno.
Do not ever attempt to continue to do this work. It sounds like you have another bathroom you can use. Maybe take out a loan on your house and then have a professional but completely simple job done. for instance we have a plastic shower . . . very small, is easy to clean and has a home made shower curtain. Only floor has been replaced same toilet, and sink and bathtub. Have painted/wallpapered walls only once each. It really is not necessary to have a cutting edge bathroom. It can look just great with simple (that you will be able to do) decorative changes.
Unfortunately it is much harder, and not always faster or cheaper to try to 'fit' new construction on to remaining portions of the old construction.
I agree with others who have said that this job requires a great deal of knowledge: in techniques working with various materials, and experience with the various proper tools needed to finally arrive at the completed stage.
I would advise you to not use this bathroom any more until you can get some other physical help. You have open wiring, raw edges, and unsealed surfaces all over. You risk getting moisture trapped behind the open areas, which will result in huge problems later on down the road.