The Bathroom Wins

I am running on just a few short, short hours of sleep. My ambition got the best of me because I thought I could remodel a small bathroom in one night. My small half bath turned into a death match arena last night, and I think the bathroom won because I am beat.

First came the treasure hunt for the water shutoff valve. Our home is about 30 years old and unlike more updated homes, the valve wasn’t conveniently located between the two water pipes under the sink. Joel and I spent at least an hour looking for a valve. Finally, we just shut off the water to the entire house.

Shortly after doing so, I realized this meant that we had to have the sink reconnected by the morning so we could have running water. And that’s when I became the victim of Do-It-Yourself mania!

The cabinetry holding the sink had been custom made and apparently put there when the house was built. It was badly outdated and had countless layers of paint. (The cabinet doors didn’t even open because the previous owners had painted them shut).

On TV, the comical host and carpenter exchange How To tips while they show all of us viewers how easy it is to remove a sink and countertop. If only it were that easy in real life! I sincerely hope that whoever built that cabinet built the rest of my house because not even a gale force wind could knock it down. It took me over 2 hours to demolish the structure.

We thought it would be smooth sailing once that beast of a sink was out, and after I had a few war wounds from the hundreds of nails poking out of the boards. Wrong again! Tiling is apparently not a 2 hour job; it’s more like a 6 hour job. At least it is for me. When I was ready to mix my cement, I had to laugh. Where was I going to get the water? I had the water shut off to the whole house!

Luckily, the grocery store was open in the middle of the night. The cashier looked at me rather funny when all I purchased was 6 gallons of water. Nonetheless, I got the water we needed and I spent the rest of the night kneeling in a very small space for a very long time.

I’ve learned my lesson not to bite off more than I can chew next time. And take it from me, they make it look way too easy on TV. Plus they have all the fancy tools and techniques.

Written by Sarah Little, TQAS Director

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