Throne Speech - Bowen style

Now that Jim's back is much better, he started working slowly on prepping the main bathroom, laundry room and powder room drywall installation and plumbing.  We even have a working toilet in the powder room, which is great!

To celebrate our achievement, we had a virtual Throne Celebration Dinner with Jim's brother, Peter,
and his partner Kathleen.  We wore our own hand crafted crowns to celebrate the new throne in the house.

We won't bore you with many details....plumbing, you know...

Jim working near the wall between the bathroom and laundry/utility room.

It's all about the stack.

Cutting a channel in the ICF blocks for plumbing pipes to run.

We took the tool storage shelving out of the powder room so Jim could plumb it for a toilet and sink.

Then he drywalled it enough for now.

Made under sink storage and primed with a grey paint for now.  Tiles in the future.

A plumber's butt free zone.  Phew!

Tada!  Nice marble eh?  Remember good old Mactac?   Yep!

BUT WAIT!!!

 Eventually we needed to unload the pile of 12" x 24" bathtub tiles from the truck.  We had built the porch and dumped the soil, which was great but we still had to get the tiles out of the truck and all the way to the lower level.  Our trusty cart, Red, helped me get 6 boxes of tiles plus 4 bags of cement and grout down our winding cedar path. Each time Jim and I loaded the tile box or cement bag into the cart together then he took the inside stairs and met me at the lower garden gate to help unload.  Each box weighed around 44 lb! Again, getting my weight bearing exercise!

Jim fabricated a second wooden handle to help control the heavy cart.
Didn't want it to tip with a load of breakable tiles!

Made it.  Everyone needs a Red.

So, our next inside project is building our laundry room, installing the water tank and stacking washer/dryer.  Then installing the 6' long bathtub, toilet, sink etc in the main bathroom. Progress!  We're now learning about tile work, grout and installing heated tile floors.  Never a dull moment!

Cheers

Tricia and Jim Bowen

Til next time!

Tricia and Jim Bowen