Thursday, December 19, 2013

3rd Day of Bathroom Renovations

Once you've removed the plaster, you have two options for hanging drywall. You either hang it over the laths, as long as they are still in decent shape and uniform enough, or you can remove all the laths and mount it directly on the studs. We're planning to do the former for most of the bathroom, but the laths on the outer wall were far too nasty for that. Day 3 included pulling out the insulation and laths from the outer wall so we can see how damaged that it really is and prepare for drywall as well as tidying up laths around the room, removing the medicine cabinet, and some other cleaning-up tasks. We also did some school stuff and didn't spend too much time on the bathroom.

Now with added towel for privacy!

As you can see, the wall beneath the window is still pretty gross. We're going to let it continue to dry out and consider our options once we've got the ventilation, wiring, and ductwork fixed. For Day 4, some of those are up for grabs.

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