Boys Bathroom Part 1: Intro

Boys Bathroom - Remodeling

Why the remodel:

1) Strange water issue. Take a bath and the hallway will flood. A LOT OF &*#@ WATER.  This is bizarre and plumber couldn't find a leak but no more investigation could be done with out ripping behind the shower wall. So that was put on hold until now.

2) Leaking cracked tub and high water bills. The spout in the tub is dripping. At night after the kids have taken their showers I pull up the lever (that thing that switches from tub to shower - have no idea what that's called). The tub itself was refinished ( the guy did a horrible job ) and now its flaking up.

3) Tile grout is disintegrating. Probably helped along by the mysterious water









4) Its boring and ugly and has aqua walls when I painted for the Nemo theme (cute before, not so much now).  Ok the Nemo light switch is still cute and the little fishes hanging on the wall are neat!

And these pics are after I ripped down the Nemo wallpaper border!

Why I'm doing this (mostly) myself :

1) ... I'm anal retentive...

2) I don't have the time to wait around for workers to be late and not show up. I don't understand why everyone doesn't have a detailed schedule of their day.. sigh..

3)  A friend suggested this. She was all like "Its sooo easy, just do it yourself".  Of course this is coming from someone handy and experienced in DIY. She offered to help, but I think its one of those cases were afterwards she's cursing herself saying "why oh why did I say that...I just wont answer the phone..."

4) I really don't have anything better to do. Might as well learn a new trade.