And the bathroom saga continues... The Shower.

We've been living without a sink since November, we've been doing minor work on the bathroom... putting in the baseboards, moving electrical outlets etc. I was tired of having this project looming over me and I have one million other projects lined up with summer starting and all (building a chicken coop for 1). So we set a date for tiling on Memorial day weekend. Coming up with a little plan in my head, I knew we couldnt do it in one weekend. So 3 weeks ago we decided it was time to give up the shower.

Weekend 1 - We tore out the vinyl surround, took a dump run and picked up supplies.


We got a tip on using "Permabase" cement board as a backer from a friend who had been consulting with a contractor. They sell it in Seattle at Master Wholesaler which is an awesome place if you ever are in the market for construction supplies. They had everything we needed to prep the surround for tiling and they were super nice.



Weekend 2 - Installing the permabase
We were happy to report that we didnt find any damage to the wood below, but what we did find as we demo'ed the walls is that parts of the walls are plaster, and parts have been replaced with drywall. The plaster walls were really uneven, so we had to do some clever shimming and taping to gain the appearance of flat walls. Thats still a work in progress.

We also picked up a couple of pre-formed insets for the soap and a shampoo shelf at Master Wholesaler. We both were having anxiety over trying to build a shelf that would be slanted enough not to pool water but flat enough to hold the soap so we were really excited to find these.