My latest project
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Topic: My latest project
Posted By: desertjoe
Subject: My latest project
Date Posted: 31 May 2018 at 11:09pm
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The Physical Therapist had told me the wife was gonna have to have a "walk-in Shower" when she went home, so I was checkin out what The LOWES store had to offer,,,,,,, Was talkin to this very friendly sales person when she asked me if I was interested in a really great deal,,,so I told her we could use the back seat of the car if she was in a hurry,,,,after pickin myself up off the floor,,,I told her I'd keep my thoughts to myself til I heard more,,,,,,  She tells me they have a complete 60" X 48" Sterling walk-in shower ensemble with a sliding door that had been delivered in wrong width and I could have it at 90% off of the regular price of $1870,,,,,,thas right folks 90 % off,,,,!!!!!! Now the friggin WORK begins,,,,PFTTttttt
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 12:43am
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So she didn't want to try out the back seat? Good deal on the shower, you might like it too! ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 4:59am
| I wonder if that's the same shower I saw there for $210.? (poke,poke) |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 6:44am
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60×48 , awfully big , sounds like a wall will have to move. Tub you have now has a 1,1/2 inch drain. Shower has 2 inch drain, probably in the middle and the tub drain is at one end. Sterling makes a good unit. Get some floor tile mortar and set base in piles of mortar. Make small mounds 3 to 4 inches in diameter and just as tall. Space them so they have room to squish and spread as you set new base. Will make base rock solid. If you do not it will creak and click every time you walk on it. Also new unit is made to be level,plumb and square ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 6:46am
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Never seen a house that was perfectly level, plumb and square. May have to do some adjusting. Wish I was closer and not so busy. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 9:40am
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Your going tohave to hurry up and get it in so you can take a cold shower to cool down.... Good Luck there DJ. ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: copyrite1972
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 10:37am
Just knock ya' a hole in the side of the house with yer' fancy backhoe, it'll slide right in!  ------------- D15 Series II |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 11:58am
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The Backhoe Or The Shower Stall? ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 12:36pm
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Did you ask the saleslady if she wanted to come try out the shower with you when you got it installed? Good advice from Pat. You want that base rock solid, level, plumb, and square. What I love is crawling under the house to move drain pipes. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 1:28pm
If you have to remove an old tub, sometimes they can be loads of fun to remove. I had to use a sledge hammer on my cast iron tub to bust it up and remove in sections to get it out the door. And remember a saws-all is your best friend in remodeling.  ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Dave H
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 2:44pm
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ummm, if my calculations are right that is 4 by 5 feet. you gonna have to have multi nozzles in that shower room?  let us know how your are gonna get it in there, surely it is not one piece. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 3:42pm
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YEA.......... I would JUMP on that deal !!! ........... and I would buy the shower too ! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: copyrite1972
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 4:05pm
LOL! Either one'll work! He does it right, she won't wanna ask him do that kinda thing EVER again! ------------- D15 Series II |
chaskaduo wrote:Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 9:41pm
Actually Dave and all youse others,,,,,,I can't read my own typin,,,I been havin to use this dang little tablet and it is ONE LETTER at a time,,,PFTTttt Actually,, since ole Dave unmasked me,,,,,,,,(snicker),,,, the shower enclosure is 60" X 36" instead of the 48" I typed,,my bad,,,, It is a 5 piece with the base, two sides, the back and the sliding door. and "NO" I ain't gonna have to use my "fancy" backhoe to cut a hole in the wall, copyrite,,,,sheeesh,,,, Dang,,a man could get lost in one that big,,, Thas a great idea bout the mortar,,Pat,,,I don't remember what I used for the base when I installed this tub bout 24 years ago,,but it has always been very sturdy and never makes any floor noise. OH and Shameless,,,Ms big ones did tell me bout a fellar that was in there last week tryin to talk her into tryin out that bigger tub with him,,,,,,,,,,,,,she didn't fall for that cause he just wasn't her style and,,,,and,,,he his legs was too hairy,,,,,,
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 10:31pm
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I wonder how she knew about the hairy legs, unless he was wearing shorts... ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2018 at 11:32pm
| me thunks...it would be easier to just add a space onto the outside of the house for that shower, easier to just add a door than all that other stuff. you can just run the drain pipe out on the ground, puts sum rock all around to make it look like a rock garden. worked for me! oooops….ya'll didn't hear that! I know you gots LOTS of rocks around there. i'd love to take out our tub and puts in one of them sit down walk in tubs, but it's built into the walls of the room and if I take a sledge to it, it will just dent it, it's an iron tub, not cast iron! PffffT! i'll wait for a different house. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 5:34am
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[QUOTE=JohnCO]I wonder how she knew about the hairy legs, unless he was wearing shorts... I don't know,,John,,,them womens just seem to see more than us mens do,,,course if I as to "observe" a good lookin woman with hairy legs,,,,i might take some notice too,,,!!!!! Well,,Shameless,,I did look at them "walk-in tubs" but,,,,,but,,,holely chit-a-risky,,,,they was over $4000 and they wouldn't take trade-ins,,,!!!!! I looked into what you did a while back to take the bath water out of the septic system,,,sure helped the system,,,, After I get this shower thing all finished up,,,I got to go back to Lowes to get one of them ADA chitters,, cause wife is kinda short legged and has to take aim at the potty before,,,,never mind,,,,,,,,,,,, Then,,,,then,,,gonna have to put up some handholds,,,HMmmmmm lets see what else is on that dang list,,,,,, |
Posted By: DonBC
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 1:40pm
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I have just replaced a tub with shower surround with a 36"x 60" shower unit. It was a renovation model but came in just 2 sections so it was still a challenge to get the 2 sections into the rather small bathroom and reassembled. I had to cut a hole in the wall of the adjacent room to get behind the shower to complete the reassembly. This allowed me to to pack some premixed concrete as Pat mentioned under the shower after the unit was set in place. I am using one of these multi function shower towers that mount on the inside of the shower and was concerned that the mounting screws into the fibreglass walls wouldn't be secure enough so I glued some 1 x 4 backing on the back where the shower tower is mounted. If you are going to be adding some grab bars you might consider gluing some backing on the back where the grab bars would mount. I used "No More Nails" adhesive. I am just in the process of taping and filling repairs to the surrounding bathroom walls. Not my favourite job. Oh, and the Sawsall made short work of the old tub. Although the shower is set up for a 2" drain I am bushing it down to 1-1/2" to connect to the old tub drain. It has taken me a lot longer than planned. ------------- Jack of all trades, master of none |
Posted By: LeonR2013
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2018 at 5:36pm
| Joe, it's been over forty years since I saw a woman with very hairy legs in Co. I can even tell you where. It IS a very unforgettable experience. |