DAY 1:
Today we are working on the powder room. Since we anticipate extra and malodorous abuse to this floor, we decided the laminate would not be the best idea in here. So we picked a complimentary ceramic tile. With help from his dad, Ed removed the toilet and pedestal sink and pulled the vinyl flooring away. The baseboards are gone as well. Ed is at Home Depot right now, buying new paint (nearly same color, a dark blue Behr paint+primer called "English Channel", new molding, a new toilet- one of those super flushing Kohlers). I think the next step is to put that mastic down, cut and place the backer board on the mastic and screw it down to the subfloor. Then we'll paint while we wait the 24 hours before we can install the tile. 24 hours after that step, we can grout and replace the pedestal sink and install the new toilet. Bye, bye, stinky Ryan Homes toilet. That toilet has taught me that there is a difference between a good toilet and a bad one. Besides the deep recessed rim which traps smell and dirt, everyone of the 3 toilets in this house has been repaired with cable ties and hair elastics, as the plastic "chain" attached to the flapper has broken on everyone, starting just a couple years after we moved in.
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