Once I returned under-slept but relatively unscathed from our grand tour of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, South and North Dakota, and Montana, I found the bathroom had changed while I was gone. Not a lot visually, but a lot structurally.
They had done the roof in my absence (the whole roof - It badly needed it) and in the process discovered there were 8! Eight! layers of roofing material over the bathroom. A mix of asphalt and rolled rubber, they were worried that the sheer weight alone would trigger needing a new dumpster. I think we avoided it though.
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There was plumbing!
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A a vent stack pipe in the corner! Super exciting because up until this point my house hasn't met code. This fixes a huge problem.
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All new rafters, also up to code!
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John the Carpenter revealed that there was a hand-hewn post hiding inside the mystery box in the dining room. This was likely reused from somewhere even older than the house.
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Labeled electrical! With a vent fan!
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The vent stack was framed in to make a chase. This eats up about a square foot of floor space in an already small bathroom, but it's worth it. (And frankly, I didn't have a choice.)
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Slowly pealing back the wall between the bathroom and the dining room. The Mystery Post is still hanging out in the wall to the far right.
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John left me this piece of the original Victorian Tongue and Groove so I could see the beaded profile. I didn't wind up saving any of it in the build, because at a certain point, I just wanted it Done. In hindsight, could I have reused it and run a small bit as wainscotting behind the toilet? Sure. But Done.
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Still Pealing. Old lathe it the far left.
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Framing in the wall that will enclose the tub and help create a closet in the bathroom.
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Brand new tempered window. This is also a code requirement due to proximity to the shower. (I might slip and pitch myself headlong out the window.)
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A floor! I don't have to worry about falling into the basement on my way to the portapotty in the middle of the night!
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Wait. Water? Oh no.
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There's no reason for the wall to be wet here. Not like this. Me, the plumber, and the GC Tad chased pipes and waited for it to rain for days - weeks, really. We could never get this to replicate once it dried. The only think I can think of is that the washing machine (which backs up to this wall) needed to be moved. I think the hoses were disconnected, but it's so tight they couldn't get a bucket in there, and the hoses must have drained out, soaking up the wall.
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