The Demolition

Yay! It's demolition time! Although it normally takes 2 to 3 weeks to order and receive a shower kit from http://www.americanbathfactory.com/, they just happened to have the one we wanted on hand (we knew it was meant to be). We have a guest bathroom so we're just going to take EVERYTHING out of the master bathroom at one time. They say we can install the shower in a weekend so we'll see if we can do it!  Time to grab the sledgehammer and don't forget to turn off the water!

This is where our vanity and wall mirror were.  Lesson number one...when removing the large bathroom mirror, be aware that they use mirror glue which leaves that lovely black residue you see in the picture.  It will need to be scraped off the wall and the wall will need to be retextured.  Lesson number two...when taking out a vanity that covers the floor and replacing it with a vanity that has legs, there WILL be bare floor!

Missing tiles after removing original vanity

Since we didn't have extra tiles from when the floor was originally put in (lesson number three...keep extra tiles) we had to find something close in color and texture. The up side is that they really won't show once the new vanity is put in so it doesn't have to be perfect. (Whew!)

The Shower

We had to run an electrical line for the steam shower (right side, behind the framework).  We ran it up into the attic (very small space since we have a two-story house but it was manageable) and over to the electrical box.  We used a 25' pvc pipe to pass it through the really tight areas which worked great!

Well, that's about it for the demolition, stay tuned!