Bathroom

It does not look much different in the pictures, but the 3rd coat of mud is on most of the walls.  I have to let the second coat dry in a few places before I can finish.  But I should be able to finish the mud work tomorrow then do the final sanding and texture on Friday.  Which means the bathroom will be usable on Saturday.

Bathroom

Over the weekend I managed to get the taping all done and the second coat about half done.  It's a really good thing I don't tape and mud for a living or I would starve.  It will turn out fine, but it is taking me forever to get it done.  With any luck we can texture and paint this weekend.

Bathroom

Yesterday Kelly helped my snap and hang the sheet rock in the bathroom.  She got to a point where she was cutting it faster than I could hang it.  We got the inside walls of the bathroom completely done.  We will do the outside walls when we finish the framing for the bedroom.  Now comes the fun part. :(   I hate mud and tape.

Drains and Vents

Tonight after work I wrapped up the drains and vents for the bathroom.  We will start the sheet rock on Saturday and I hope to come pretty close to having it done before the end of the weekend.  I really want to start framing and wiring our bedroom as well so we have somewhere to sleep when we go up there.  But having a usable bathroom is a huge step in the right direction.

Drain Stack

We finally took a day to have a little fun at the cabin.  We did get some work done, but we spent some time on the boat too.  I got the main drain line done from the tank to the roof top and Kelly got the scrap pile in our bedroom loaded in the trailer.  I'm going to spend some time after work this week wrapping up the drains and starting on the sheet rock.

Drain Stack

Yesterday I rented a core drill and cut a hole in the foundation wall to run the drain line out of the house and into the collection tank.  I also ran the vertical section of the drain stack inside the house all the way from the crawl space through the roof.  Tomorrow I will connect the 2 sections together and start on the 1-1/2" drain pipes inside the house.

Water Supply

I now have the main water line run under the house to what will be the utility room.  The hot and cold water manifolds are both installed and the lines for the bathroom are hooked up.  The other 6 lines are simply capped off for now.  The tankless water heater will mount on the wall right above the manifolds.  Tomorrow I start the drain lines.

Bathroom

The electrical and plumbing supplies are roughed in.  I have the electrical all the way back to the panel but the water lines are only through the floor.  I'm still working on the manifolds in the utility room.  Once they are done, I will connect them to the main and finish supplies.  I should get that done early tomorrow, then I can start on the drains.

Bathroom

Today I got the insulation in the walls behind the bath tub.  I did both the exterior wall and the wall that separates the bathroom from the girls room.  Since there is no closet to buffer the noise, I figured the insulation might help.  I got the tub set and the walls framed too.  Tomorrow I plan to start the electrical and plumbing as well some framing in our bedroom.

Running Water

I wound up working on the plumbing yesterday.  I dug under the foundation and ran the water main under the house.  I got the main shut-off valve installed and a hose bib hooked up as well.  So we don't have water inside yet, but at least we don't have to use a ball valve on the end of a 3/4" polly pipe to fill our water cups any more.

Bathroom

Here is a before and after of the demolition work we did on the cabin today.  Yes, I made Kelly tear down sheet-rock and rip up old carpeting on Mother's Day.  She had fun doing it though.  She did most of the tear down while I hauled the materials up to the trailer.  It was dirty nasty work, but we are 1 step closer to having a bathroom.

There were 2 layers of carpet and part of the floor had a layer of linoleum under that.  The ceiling had a layer of cork as well as sheet-rock and the walls had sheet-rock behind the paneling.  It was quite a job to get it all out.  I'll work on the rest of the ceiling tomorrow.  With any luck will will also start framing the new walls and get the tub set.

Dock

Colton knocked out the dock this weekend and delivered it a week ahead of schedule!  This is a beefy dock too!  I don't even have the anchors done yet, so we had to just tie it to the tree for now.  I'll get the anchors done this week and hopefully we can get the dock in place next weekend.

Retaining Wall

We got quite a bit more work done on the retaining wall this weekend.  Half of the old wall has been pulled out, the dirt and roots have been dug out and we got 10-12 more blocks stacked.  We are setting the new wall back about a foot from where the old one sat.  That will give us more room to walk around the old bathroom.

Dock

We pulled the dock off the beach yesterday to have it towed off for repair...  It is a little worse than we thought.  A new frame will have to be built with all new floats.  We can reuse the composite decking, the cleats and the bumper strips though.  If all goes well we should have it back next weekend.  We should have the boat ready to go in the water by then as well!