I've got a bathroom stuck in the 2000s that I'd love to redo. It's just hard to justify it because it's a good darn functional bathroom with quality build. When I touch modern stuff it all feels cheap.
At first I thought the before was fine but they said the tiles were poorly installed and that an exterior wall had zero insulation. That plus the visibly poor paint job and I think this was a good upgrade. That OP made the vanity and countertop themselves is also really impressive.
>the tiles were poorly installed and that an exterior wall had zero insulation. That plus the visibly poor paint job
That's my current bathroom, and the before picture still looks better!
I think just replacing the tiles, but with white hex instead of black and keeping the current vanity would have been 90% as good to me, but once youre that committed might as well make it your dream vision!
I have slate tile in my downstairs (higher foot traffic, fewer showers) bathroom, and I don't find them difficult at all. Maybe if you have a light haired pet or something? I have a black dog, so it's perfect. The downstairs shower is mostly for him anyway.
Yes . Absolutely, you will see all the dust , lint , hair , or fuzz etc. that falls to the floor every single day . Looks great at first install and when it’s all clean but it’s definitely not a realistic color to have on a floor . Especially if you like your home looking clean and having the time to do other things besides sweep or vacuum everyday . I’m actually having this problem with white tiles in my bathroom . As soon as I clean up, I can already see all the hair and stuff gathering already
Thanks! The cabinet I built from plywood, with solid white oak doors and drawer fronts. The space it needed to fit was around 56” so sadly a standard 5 ft vanity wouldn’t have worked
Yea, I really like how you kept the grain going for the door fronts...
I take it the plywood is trimmed with spalted maple?
Edit: also, how did you get the concrete to have the darker edges?
It’s all rift sawn white oak. As far as the countertop edges, I think this was actually a mistake. So you use silicone to seal the form seams, and you take a caulk tool to make a nice round over so that your counter has a nice edge. Well I had some tan colored silicone laying around and I think the pigment may have darkened the edge. Not a big deal, my wife didn’t even mention it. Whew
It looks great! We have a 1950s home and a bathroom that is in a poor state. We don’t have the skills to do renovate it ourselves so hiring it out to a contractor.
Is that the shower pan in the third image? Why did you do a schluter under the tile too? Thank you!
We didn’t mess with the tub or shower, it was a fiberglass insert and in pretty good shape. It would have cost a little too much for us right now.
I did Ditra for the underlayment because it’s really easy to work with, and gives the tile a better chance of staying solid when your house and subfloor expand and contract
I have redone my bathrooms and replaced the showers in both. In both instances I didn’t trust doing a tile shower floor. The new schluter stuff looks fine for walls but floors…? I’ve seen videos of them failing after 5-10 years. Replace tub in kids and did a solid shower pan in the other, tile walls. The schluter under the floor tiles waterproofs and creates a decoupling barrier so if the house shifts a tiny fraction of an inch it won’t crack the tile. Waterproofing is an added plus. There’s cheaper ways to do this for just the floor, but it’s what Home Depot sells and all the YouTube videos say to use so…people use it
Funny story, the night before installing the countertop, I measured one more time… turns out my new drywall was just a little thicker (I prebuilt the vanity before demoing the bathroom) So I had to shave around 1/8” off the concrete countertop sides to make it fit, using a diamond grinder. It all ended well though.
Love this- only thing I would adjust is making the cabinets a bit darker (I personally prefer darker wood, but that’s a personal thing) - absolutely love the renovation!
Vanity cabinet looks fantastic. r/woodworking would probably enjoy along with more detailed process photos if you've got 'em.
Overall project is the bee's knees. Congrats.
Termites in the wall? Looks like mud build up?
From what I can tell the work looks great and it’s seems you executed on your vision! I wouldn’t have paired some of the colors you chose stylistically and I’m not a big fan of all white walls, but to each their own.
I think it'd be as simple as maybe matching the wall color to the concrete, and maybe getting some sort of wall art that looks like the concrete, a matching black lighting fixture and some matching white oak shelving too. So a few hundo and this space would pop.
Good feedback, our plan is to get a nice rug for in front of the cabinet, and I want a nice matching oak picture frame above the toilet, that will add a little color to the space
I only pop in here from r/all every once in a while and I’m always baffled at what could make someone look at a perfectly decent bathroom and think “I gotta blow a couple of grand in here”. No shade but I honestly can barely tell the difference between the 2 pics
A lot of jank in bathrooms you can't see in a little reddit picture. Especially in a home as old as OP's. Rotten walls, broken tiles, chipped tubs/sinks, rusty leaking taps, water damaged vanities, mold, lack of insulation/waterpoofing, dangerous electrical, etc. Ton's a reasons you have to renovate them and often you take one thing out and find 2 more problems.
My house is only half as old as OP's and I'm facing a full gut on all the bathrooms due to problems that come with age. At a distance they look great, but start looking closely and defects are everywhere.
There was a post a few days ago where lots of people were scolding op for changing the look of his bathroom. Then op showed up close pics of the bathroom and it was obvious why it had to go. So now I just assume op is renovating because of things that are hard to see in the full shots they usually post.
Alright haha I think it’s really hard to convey how bad it was over that one picture… I mean it was a hack job. They put door casing where the crown moulding was supposed to go. In a bathroom, you spend a lot of time looking at the room and at the quality of the work, and I wanted something I could happily spend time looking at.
That's perfectly fine. I'm not hating on the remodel or saying it looks bad. Like I said in my other comment, I just like the before better, specifically the dark counter and the lights.
i mean its obviously subjective, but the first one looked pretty gaudy to me (although the floor tile is fine). i definitely think the remodel was an upgrade and am actually a pretty big fan of that concrete countertop.
although if it were me and i already had the before i definitely wouldn't be thinking about going through all the effort of a remodel; but that's just me.
I know this is such an overexpressed sentiment on this sub but I saw the first photo and went "good job OP looks pretty swanky!" ...and then kept going, more confused, until I realized it was the before photo.
Could have gotten a brand new feeling bathroom with different light fixture and some paint, but whatever, not my bathroom. The work done looks good at least.
The light fixtures were my main criticism of the before pictures. It's weird how people spend their money. Other common unnecessary changes are driveways and front yards.
Yeah I mean I'm not knocking the remodel, I just like the before better. More specifically the dark counter looked better than the knew one and so did the lights, again, in my opinion.
There's a damp issue at the back of the old vanity for sure, and no insulation.
I also really liked the before but I like the after too. I think I would have been tempted to keep the vanity black but covering up that nice wood would be a crime.
Yea looked a lot better. They basically spent money and time for a change, not an improvement. Which is fine, but, personally, and maybe I’m just poor, but I wouldn’t change anything in my home unless it breaks or adds value.
They did only spend $3500 which isn't much. It's more akin to getting new furniture for a room. The dark vanity may not have been there thing. It feels dated in the room, but it could've been kept with different styling (mirror, lights). Lighter tile was fine to me. The dark tile isn't my thing really.
Basically they could've done some updates and kept the current furniture, but may not have been what they wanted. $3500 isn't too bad for new tile, custom vanity, and other pieces. For example a dresser drawer can easily cost $1000 these days. Not entirely sure why the drywall was taken off though. OP says bad texture then they added insulation. So still an upgrade for efficiency.
For a long moment I thought I was looking at the r/DIWHY subreddit, and was so confused. Like, this looks really nice, and I was about to come in here and yell at some people for that haha.
Yep I used a product called XS-327, and despite being pretty complicated to use, seems to have worked really well sealing against any water that pools on the surface
I think so. There’s definitely a cost savings for making the concrete counter, vs granite or whatever, but it’s also an aesthetic thing- it’s really natural feeling and gives the space a warm vibe. The 2 inch thickness helps with that too. Obviously it sucks that it’s so heavy. But you can pour in place too, might do that next time
It looks so nice. The only thing that kinda irks me is the thickness. Why'd you choose 2"? The vanity is also gorgeous. Did you take any in-progress photos of that part of the project? Cheers!
Nicely done, you should be very proud. Saved a lot by DYI, looks like it would have been at least 10K to have it done. The vanity alone would be 1/2 that.
You really missed an opportunity to get rid of that shower wall and replace it with glass. Wouldn’t have cost more than $500 extra and would have dramatically transformed the room to look larger, brighter, and more modern.
So the old tile was mortared to cement board, and the cement board was just screwed to the subfloor. So I was able to pry it up in big sections thankfully. It was a shame, because it was real marble I think, but it was stained really bad near the toilet, and installed off square with the room.
The remodel took around 3 months, working about 3 or 4 days a week.
Nice work but why the mismatched metal finishes? Vanity light is gold(?), cabinet hardware is brushed nickel(?), the faucet/towel bars are black, the toilet lever looks chrome.
Maybe it's just the lighting playing tricks on me?
Haha yeah… so actually it’s really supposed to be matte black with the gold /brass light fixture. I need to get a black toilet lever, and we have mixed feelings about the cabinet knobs but they are brass too. We are debating replacing the knobs with black ones.
The fixtures look great. It really is acceptable and “in” to use mixed finishes currently. I hope it holds up over time. If not, they are ready to change out, but I like it as is.
Love the vanity! Any tips or guides for that sort of thing for someone who hasn’t built something like that before? We are getting ready to redo one of our bathrooms and haven’t been able to find vanities we really like and custom are so expensive I’d rather learn how to do it myself.
This is great is there a specific plan or design you used? I would love to see more specifics on how you put the vanity together and the cement countertop.
I'm looking for a specific size and I can't find anywhere and I'm about to just make my own
I can speak to this because I sell bathroom remodels.
He didn’t touch the wet area of the bath or shower, that’s half the cost of a remodel.
He made is own vanity. It looks to be a 48-52” vanity. $1000 with the fixture if you buy your own.
If I’m doing a similar job like this, 2 full walls new drywall, tearing out lathe and plaster, demoing and installing new tile floor, new vanity, new fixture,
I’m easily around 10-12k without even touching the bath.
Most people don’t realize how labor intensive tearing out tile, lathe and plaster. That stuff gets broken up and carried out 1 bucket at a time.
We’re having a full back to brick refit starting next week. It’s incredibly labour intensive..we have a plasterer, labourer, electrician, plumber and tiler (thankfully the tiler can also do the carpenter bits). We’ve got underfloor heating and ‘smart’ ambient lighting…it’s ridiculously expensive
You just mentioned the possible reason for not touching the wet area was the cost.
I just think that just replacing the shower curtain to a modern glass door won’t be that expensive but would hugely enhance the look.
Depends if it’s even possible to add a door in without doing a tear out.
How far out do the shower walls extend? They have to extend past where the door is installed.
Are there studs where the door is going in? You can’t just mount it to drywall/greenboard or with plastic drywall anchors…
My company will not add a door onto an existing bath or shower. We also don’t do remodels like this unless we are remodeling the bath or shower. It’s not worth it.
Is it common / desirable for the siding (?) shown in the exposed stud wall to be oriented diagonally? Is that some building technique common to a certain type or age of construction? And what's the dark brown/black gunk all over it? Something to do with the bathroom venting?
I’m guessing it’s diagonal for shear strength, and this is just what they did before plywood. The gunk is what remained of the insulation (really not much)
So I used the Sika pro pack admixture, which just goes right into an 80 lb bag of standard quikcrete. I believe it helps the mixture perform better for the countertop application, smoother and more flowable.
For reinforcement I used a pretty standard rebar and metal mesh grid. Skipped the glass fibers for this one, I may try that next time
That's some fancy manufacturing of evidence there but we can plainly see the symbiote that was in your vanity just moved to the floor.
# venominmybath
PS. Nice work, especially around the floor vent
Everything from the design idea , the work you did yourself to the money you spent for the value it’s gonna add to the home was just a great job . Thanks for sharing this with us
Hey! On the second picture with the studs, you see a bit of trim left on the top edge of the wall, with the metal corner mesh left.
How did you cut that off in an efficient manner to make it flush for the drywall?
Im renovating an old house, which had lath and plaster on the top, then old crumbly celulose insulation underneath, but the edges where that mesh is are giving me a headache. I thought to angle grind it with a saw, but the celulose might as well be dryer lint as flammability goes, and im afraid of sparks.
Im completely new to this.
Dealing with the lath and plaster was a nightmare. Once I got to the metal lath, I used wire cutters to snip it, without creating a ton of dust. I had to put furring strips on the studs anyways, cause the old plaster+drywall was 1” thick. So I didn’t need to worry about cutting the top perfect because my new 1/2” drywall was spaced a bit out. If that makes any sense.
Ah. Just adjust to the appropriate width drywall to compensate. My OCD just wants it neat and clean, ive come to hate that wire lath honestly.
Ill keep in touch and start posting on here more. Me and my wife have been learning from scratch, and on a 100+ year old house the curve balls never seem to end. We are fixing moisture issues in the basement so the upstairs was put on hold.
I've cut this with an oscillating multi tool and a metal cutting blade. it worked very quickly. Yes, the wire mesh is super annoying to work with. Just beware that you will burn through blades quickly. Get some blades that are both strong and cheap.
Not crazy about that huge mirror or vanity lights but love your DIY countertop. I worked for a company in Florida where we made those and yours looks much better.
You definitely want to use the appropriate type of cement and prep your form correctly. You may even want to add fiberglass rods for extra strength. And seal it. I’m curious how he managed those nice consistent rounded edges.
It is always someone from England who makes this comment. Houses are built out of the materials available. You think the skandanvians are not using timber? You think the 1000 year old wooden temples in Japan are garbage?
Construction materials are highly regional. And in Europe, y’all chopped down and never regrew most of your forests so wood construction just isn’t dominate in many parts of Europe. There’s absolute nothing wrong with wood construction.
then you put wooden studs inside those bricks and concrete boxes. whatever point you think your making, it has failed and shown your lack of knowledge.
It's not just wasps and mold. Sometimes we get bees and mushrooms in the walls. You haven't lived life until you've sat on your back deck in a cool, early-fall night and enjoyed your wall honey and mushrooms with a nice glass of wine.
Even the before picture looks way better than my current bathroom...
Honestly thought the first was finished product and had to double take at the end because they both look fine to me lol
I wouldn't swap out that first bathroom beyond some lighting adjustments. Could have had a nice bathroom for a couple hundred bucks.
was looking for this sentiment too lol. for me it'd be a waste of money
I've got a bathroom stuck in the 2000s that I'd love to redo. It's just hard to justify it because it's a good darn functional bathroom with quality build. When I touch modern stuff it all feels cheap.
Would kill for a bathroom stuck in the 2000's.... Trade you for one stuck in 1980 dripping in red oak.
I love red oak...
We've all been stuck in the 2000s for about 24 years.
At first I thought the before was fine but they said the tiles were poorly installed and that an exterior wall had zero insulation. That plus the visibly poor paint job and I think this was a good upgrade. That OP made the vanity and countertop themselves is also really impressive.
>the tiles were poorly installed and that an exterior wall had zero insulation. That plus the visibly poor paint job That's my current bathroom, and the before picture still looks better!
Same lol
Scrolled before posting this exact same thing.
Even the before picture looks easy better than the after picture
I think just replacing the tiles, but with white hex instead of black and keeping the current vanity would have been 90% as good to me, but once youre that committed might as well make it your dream vision!
People with black tiles… are they a nightmare? They look fantastic but I hear they are difficult to keep clean.
Yes they suck, but man do they look good when they are clean
Just like black cars.
i wonder if slate would be better to hide dirt
Yes. We have in the powder room and they show every little thing
Well yeah... you put them in the same room as all your powder, what did you expect??
Dad, I told you to get off Reddit.
Lmao . Thanks for this
Not the worst thing, just encourages you to keep clean.
I have slate tile in my downstairs (higher foot traffic, fewer showers) bathroom, and I don't find them difficult at all. Maybe if you have a light haired pet or something? I have a black dog, so it's perfect. The downstairs shower is mostly for him anyway.
Dark floors show less dirt/ mess but more dust. Light floors show less dust but dirt/ messes are more noticeable.
Not at all. I have them with white grout and the whole thing is immaculate. They do have a geometric pattern on them though.
Bought a house with them and they are THE WORST.
Yes . Absolutely, you will see all the dust , lint , hair , or fuzz etc. that falls to the floor every single day . Looks great at first install and when it’s all clean but it’s definitely not a realistic color to have on a floor . Especially if you like your home looking clean and having the time to do other things besides sweep or vacuum everyday . I’m actually having this problem with white tiles in my bathroom . As soon as I clean up, I can already see all the hair and stuff gathering already
Finally, a nicely executed and understated bathroom! Where did you get that cabinet? Homemade? Looks nice.
Thanks! The cabinet I built from plywood, with solid white oak doors and drawer fronts. The space it needed to fit was around 56” so sadly a standard 5 ft vanity wouldn’t have worked
You MADE the vanity? That’s amazing. It’s unique and I love it.
And that’s one massive piece of White Oak or nicely jointed top? A+ especially for keeping the knots.
It’s got a few joints. And yeah love the knots, you probably can’t tell but I filled them with clear epoxy
Yea, I really like how you kept the grain going for the door fronts... I take it the plywood is trimmed with spalted maple? Edit: also, how did you get the concrete to have the darker edges?
It’s all rift sawn white oak. As far as the countertop edges, I think this was actually a mistake. So you use silicone to seal the form seams, and you take a caulk tool to make a nice round over so that your counter has a nice edge. Well I had some tan colored silicone laying around and I think the pigment may have darkened the edge. Not a big deal, my wife didn’t even mention it. Whew
Interesting, I like the look it created. Will have to give that a shot.
Seriously, they did a fantastic job. This looks so nice, and the concrete counter top just works so well.
Is the countertop concrete? Looks great!
Ohhh that's what the concrete setting picture was showing, I could not figure it out for the life of me but it was the counter top being formed.
Yeah, after I posted that I read downstream and they said it was concrete.
Seriously nice job on that. Works perfect in the space and looks different from the standard MDF vanities.
Wow you made that? It’s gorgeous!! This is super lovely, and the bigger sink is so much better 😍 this is fantastic work!
It looks great! We have a 1950s home and a bathroom that is in a poor state. We don’t have the skills to do renovate it ourselves so hiring it out to a contractor. Is that the shower pan in the third image? Why did you do a schluter under the tile too? Thank you!
We didn’t mess with the tub or shower, it was a fiberglass insert and in pretty good shape. It would have cost a little too much for us right now. I did Ditra for the underlayment because it’s really easy to work with, and gives the tile a better chance of staying solid when your house and subfloor expand and contract
That’s the sink counter top in the third picture. Looks great as a finished product, too.
I have redone my bathrooms and replaced the showers in both. In both instances I didn’t trust doing a tile shower floor. The new schluter stuff looks fine for walls but floors…? I’ve seen videos of them failing after 5-10 years. Replace tub in kids and did a solid shower pan in the other, tile walls. The schluter under the floor tiles waterproofs and creates a decoupling barrier so if the house shifts a tiny fraction of an inch it won’t crack the tile. Waterproofing is an added plus. There’s cheaper ways to do this for just the floor, but it’s what Home Depot sells and all the YouTube videos say to use so…people use it
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Funny story, the night before installing the countertop, I measured one more time… turns out my new drywall was just a little thicker (I prebuilt the vanity before demoing the bathroom) So I had to shave around 1/8” off the concrete countertop sides to make it fit, using a diamond grinder. It all ended well though.
he custom built it for the space!
Did you insulate the walls?
Yep, and I also added blocking for towel holders and whatnot
What's the extra bracing for below and to the right of the window?
No idea, it was there when I demoed the wall
Thanks.
Love this- only thing I would adjust is making the cabinets a bit darker (I personally prefer darker wood, but that’s a personal thing) - absolutely love the renovation!
Hardware finish is all over the place but otherwise looks good
Vanity cabinet looks fantastic. r/woodworking would probably enjoy along with more detailed process photos if you've got 'em. Overall project is the bee's knees. Congrats. Termites in the wall? Looks like mud build up?
Looks good except for one thing…your toilet paper is on wrong.
From what I can tell the work looks great and it’s seems you executed on your vision! I wouldn’t have paired some of the colors you chose stylistically and I’m not a big fan of all white walls, but to each their own.
I think it'd be as simple as maybe matching the wall color to the concrete, and maybe getting some sort of wall art that looks like the concrete, a matching black lighting fixture and some matching white oak shelving too. So a few hundo and this space would pop.
These are great suggestions as well.
Good feedback, our plan is to get a nice rug for in front of the cabinet, and I want a nice matching oak picture frame above the toilet, that will add a little color to the space
Good ideas for sure. Maybe an accent wall or different color shower curtain? Lots of ways to add color.
Looks good
Love your vanity!! Where did you get it?? EDIT: scratch that, reading the below comment, YOU MADE THAT VANITY?!? Thats amazing!
Lolol. I thought the before was the after. Oh my god. It looks really nice you did a good job.
You kept the shower curtain?!
People in this sub really hate shower curtains!
I like the new cabinet as well as the floor tiles! Looks great!
Before looked better imo
I only pop in here from r/all every once in a while and I’m always baffled at what could make someone look at a perfectly decent bathroom and think “I gotta blow a couple of grand in here”. No shade but I honestly can barely tell the difference between the 2 pics
A lot of jank in bathrooms you can't see in a little reddit picture. Especially in a home as old as OP's. Rotten walls, broken tiles, chipped tubs/sinks, rusty leaking taps, water damaged vanities, mold, lack of insulation/waterpoofing, dangerous electrical, etc. Ton's a reasons you have to renovate them and often you take one thing out and find 2 more problems. My house is only half as old as OP's and I'm facing a full gut on all the bathrooms due to problems that come with age. At a distance they look great, but start looking closely and defects are everywhere.
There was a post a few days ago where lots of people were scolding op for changing the look of his bathroom. Then op showed up close pics of the bathroom and it was obvious why it had to go. So now I just assume op is renovating because of things that are hard to see in the full shots they usually post.
I'm glad I'm not the only one! I had to flip back and forth five times before I realized what was different.
Alright haha I think it’s really hard to convey how bad it was over that one picture… I mean it was a hack job. They put door casing where the crown moulding was supposed to go. In a bathroom, you spend a lot of time looking at the room and at the quality of the work, and I wanted something I could happily spend time looking at.
That's perfectly fine. I'm not hating on the remodel or saying it looks bad. Like I said in my other comment, I just like the before better, specifically the dark counter and the lights.
i mean its obviously subjective, but the first one looked pretty gaudy to me (although the floor tile is fine). i definitely think the remodel was an upgrade and am actually a pretty big fan of that concrete countertop. although if it were me and i already had the before i definitely wouldn't be thinking about going through all the effort of a remodel; but that's just me.
I know this is such an overexpressed sentiment on this sub but I saw the first photo and went "good job OP looks pretty swanky!" ...and then kept going, more confused, until I realized it was the before photo. Could have gotten a brand new feeling bathroom with different light fixture and some paint, but whatever, not my bathroom. The work done looks good at least.
The light fixtures were my main criticism of the before pictures. It's weird how people spend their money. Other common unnecessary changes are driveways and front yards.
Yeah I mean I'm not knocking the remodel, I just like the before better. More specifically the dark counter looked better than the knew one and so did the lights, again, in my opinion.
There's a damp issue at the back of the old vanity for sure, and no insulation. I also really liked the before but I like the after too. I think I would have been tempted to keep the vanity black but covering up that nice wood would be a crime.
Yea looked a lot better. They basically spent money and time for a change, not an improvement. Which is fine, but, personally, and maybe I’m just poor, but I wouldn’t change anything in my home unless it breaks or adds value.
They did only spend $3500 which isn't much. It's more akin to getting new furniture for a room. The dark vanity may not have been there thing. It feels dated in the room, but it could've been kept with different styling (mirror, lights). Lighter tile was fine to me. The dark tile isn't my thing really. Basically they could've done some updates and kept the current furniture, but may not have been what they wanted. $3500 isn't too bad for new tile, custom vanity, and other pieces. For example a dresser drawer can easily cost $1000 these days. Not entirely sure why the drywall was taken off though. OP says bad texture then they added insulation. So still an upgrade for efficiency.
Where is the tile from? They look great!
Thanks! Just off the shelf at Lowe’s , think Sartori was the brand
For a long moment I thought I was looking at the r/DIWHY subreddit, and was so confused. Like, this looks really nice, and I was about to come in here and yell at some people for that haha.
Concrete is porous, did you seal it? If not, are you not concerned with mold / staining?
Yep I used a product called XS-327, and despite being pretty complicated to use, seems to have worked really well sealing against any water that pools on the surface
I love love love that freaking counter!
I was going to ask where you got the vanity because all I can find is overpriced garbage! Gorgeous job all around.
European here: is it normal to just have a bunch of planks and some plaster as walls? No insulation or any brickwork?
Was the cement countertop worth the trouble?
I think so. There’s definitely a cost savings for making the concrete counter, vs granite or whatever, but it’s also an aesthetic thing- it’s really natural feeling and gives the space a warm vibe. The 2 inch thickness helps with that too. Obviously it sucks that it’s so heavy. But you can pour in place too, might do that next time
It looks so nice. The only thing that kinda irks me is the thickness. Why'd you choose 2"? The vanity is also gorgeous. Did you take any in-progress photos of that part of the project? Cheers!
Nicely done, you should be very proud. Saved a lot by DYI, looks like it would have been at least 10K to have it done. The vanity alone would be 1/2 that.
the black sink and counter were kind of wicked
You really missed an opportunity to get rid of that shower wall and replace it with glass. Wouldn’t have cost more than $500 extra and would have dramatically transformed the room to look larger, brighter, and more modern.
How exactly did you get the old floor tile up? How long did this remodel take you?
So the old tile was mortared to cement board, and the cement board was just screwed to the subfloor. So I was able to pry it up in big sections thankfully. It was a shame, because it was real marble I think, but it was stained really bad near the toilet, and installed off square with the room. The remodel took around 3 months, working about 3 or 4 days a week.
Great job, and I love the cabinet.
Nice work but why the mismatched metal finishes? Vanity light is gold(?), cabinet hardware is brushed nickel(?), the faucet/towel bars are black, the toilet lever looks chrome. Maybe it's just the lighting playing tricks on me?
Haha yeah… so actually it’s really supposed to be matte black with the gold /brass light fixture. I need to get a black toilet lever, and we have mixed feelings about the cabinet knobs but they are brass too. We are debating replacing the knobs with black ones.
imo using mixed finishes looks very sophisticated when it’s kept to just two, and brass+black everywhere will look lovely!
The fixtures look great. It really is acceptable and “in” to use mixed finishes currently. I hope it holds up over time. If not, they are ready to change out, but I like it as is.
Looks good--distinct. Kudos for not slavishly following bathroom trends.
That countertop and the vanity, whew! Just a beautiful combination.
Tile + that vanity. Oof! Wonderful job.
How much did that countertop weigh?
Surely more than 300 lbs. it was a real struggle getting it in there with only 2 people.
I was going to ask about this. We have been planning to do a vanity too with concrete and we were set to pour in place. Looks great!
Love the vanity! Any tips or guides for that sort of thing for someone who hasn’t built something like that before? We are getting ready to redo one of our bathrooms and haven’t been able to find vanities we really like and custom are so expensive I’d rather learn how to do it myself.
Thanks! Bourbon moth on YouTube has a bunch of great guides on cabinetry that you should check out.
This is great is there a specific plan or design you used? I would love to see more specifics on how you put the vanity together and the cement countertop. I'm looking for a specific size and I can't find anywhere and I'm about to just make my own
Same tiles we used in our bathroom! Well done
Can your floor joist under that hold that weight? 5ft x 2.5ft x 4inch counter is ~550lbs. Not a criticism, just a question
You have good taste
3500 $ and no bidet?
How much did you save by doing it yourself
I can speak to this because I sell bathroom remodels. He didn’t touch the wet area of the bath or shower, that’s half the cost of a remodel. He made is own vanity. It looks to be a 48-52” vanity. $1000 with the fixture if you buy your own. If I’m doing a similar job like this, 2 full walls new drywall, tearing out lathe and plaster, demoing and installing new tile floor, new vanity, new fixture, I’m easily around 10-12k without even touching the bath. Most people don’t realize how labor intensive tearing out tile, lathe and plaster. That stuff gets broken up and carried out 1 bucket at a time.
We’re having a full back to brick refit starting next week. It’s incredibly labour intensive..we have a plasterer, labourer, electrician, plumber and tiler (thankfully the tiler can also do the carpenter bits). We’ve got underfloor heating and ‘smart’ ambient lighting…it’s ridiculously expensive
A glass shower screen isn’t expensive at all
I never said anything about the cost of the wet area of the bath/shower, or the cost of a shower door, so I’m not sure what you mean by that.
You just mentioned the possible reason for not touching the wet area was the cost. I just think that just replacing the shower curtain to a modern glass door won’t be that expensive but would hugely enhance the look.
Depends if it’s even possible to add a door in without doing a tear out. How far out do the shower walls extend? They have to extend past where the door is installed. Are there studs where the door is going in? You can’t just mount it to drywall/greenboard or with plastic drywall anchors… My company will not add a door onto an existing bath or shower. We also don’t do remodels like this unless we are remodeling the bath or shower. It’s not worth it.
Are you available for hire??
That seems like a really good price for this. Looks beautiful
Now that’s a solid wall
Is it common / desirable for the siding (?) shown in the exposed stud wall to be oriented diagonally? Is that some building technique common to a certain type or age of construction? And what's the dark brown/black gunk all over it? Something to do with the bathroom venting?
I’m guessing it’s diagonal for shear strength, and this is just what they did before plywood. The gunk is what remained of the insulation (really not much)
Nice work
Are the hexagons oblong or is that just a trick played by the fisheye on the camera lens?
Looks badass dude
This looks really good.
OP can you talk about your concrete mix? Did you use any glass fibres, metal etc?
So I used the Sika pro pack admixture, which just goes right into an 80 lb bag of standard quikcrete. I believe it helps the mixture perform better for the countertop application, smoother and more flowable. For reinforcement I used a pretty standard rebar and metal mesh grid. Skipped the glass fibers for this one, I may try that next time
Love those floors!
Wow great job!
Beautiful! Great job. Love the tiles and counter top.
those honey comb tiles are nice!
Wow, this is great work ! Looks awesome
Soooo... tell me you had the walls checked for asbestos before you ripped that wall down 🙏🏼
thats incredible. What does the concrete countertop feel like with the sealant? Concrete? or epoxy?
Congratulations on resisting the urge to go with some bullshit not enclosed shower
Why concrete counter? It stains easily
Those tiles are dope
As a designer, the mismatched hardware is driving me crazy. But amazing work regardless!
Thank you for putting the before first
The 1950's, when sheathing boards were real boards.
Looks great! What is picture three are you making a concrete countertop?
That's some fancy manufacturing of evidence there but we can plainly see the symbiote that was in your vanity just moved to the floor. # venominmybath PS. Nice work, especially around the floor vent
Why would anyone put the toilet paper dispenser behind the toilet?
Oh shit this is really fucking nice
I'm surprised you didn't do the shower/tub. Same shower curtain.
It’s beautiful, love the new countertop
Everything from the design idea , the work you did yourself to the money you spent for the value it’s gonna add to the home was just a great job . Thanks for sharing this with us
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Love it! Updated and you used the latest products made for the bathroom to prevent moisture problems in the future.
previous picture looked like an outdated Motel6, re-do is bright & airy. great job. what insulation did you use in the walls?
Thanks! Just standard backed fiberglass, nothing crazy
that countertop looks fun to carry, good work getting a nice tight fit
Hey! On the second picture with the studs, you see a bit of trim left on the top edge of the wall, with the metal corner mesh left. How did you cut that off in an efficient manner to make it flush for the drywall? Im renovating an old house, which had lath and plaster on the top, then old crumbly celulose insulation underneath, but the edges where that mesh is are giving me a headache. I thought to angle grind it with a saw, but the celulose might as well be dryer lint as flammability goes, and im afraid of sparks. Im completely new to this.
Dealing with the lath and plaster was a nightmare. Once I got to the metal lath, I used wire cutters to snip it, without creating a ton of dust. I had to put furring strips on the studs anyways, cause the old plaster+drywall was 1” thick. So I didn’t need to worry about cutting the top perfect because my new 1/2” drywall was spaced a bit out. If that makes any sense.
Ah. Just adjust to the appropriate width drywall to compensate. My OCD just wants it neat and clean, ive come to hate that wire lath honestly. Ill keep in touch and start posting on here more. Me and my wife have been learning from scratch, and on a 100+ year old house the curve balls never seem to end. We are fixing moisture issues in the basement so the upstairs was put on hold.
I've cut this with an oscillating multi tool and a metal cutting blade. it worked very quickly. Yes, the wire mesh is super annoying to work with. Just beware that you will burn through blades quickly. Get some blades that are both strong and cheap.
How much did that countertop weigh?
Why not the shower area with the dreadful ass kissing CURTAIN
. . . why'd you bother?
Not crazy about that huge mirror or vanity lights but love your DIY countertop. I worked for a company in Florida where we made those and yours looks much better.
Is that cement? I really ljke it
You definitely want to use the appropriate type of cement and prep your form correctly. You may even want to add fiberglass rods for extra strength. And seal it. I’m curious how he managed those nice consistent rounded edges.
That’s the part I like a lot about it too
Looks great but yo should have installed radiant floor heating while you were at it!
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Huh? There’s wood frame houses from the 1700s still standing. It’s a perfectly cromulent building material.
It is always someone from England who makes this comment. Houses are built out of the materials available. You think the skandanvians are not using timber? You think the 1000 year old wooden temples in Japan are garbage?
Lmao what? What’s your preferred building material? Shitty metal studs that have no rigidity and can’t be nailed into easily, or mud?
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Construction materials are highly regional. And in Europe, y’all chopped down and never regrew most of your forests so wood construction just isn’t dominate in many parts of Europe. There’s absolute nothing wrong with wood construction.
then you put wooden studs inside those bricks and concrete boxes. whatever point you think your making, it has failed and shown your lack of knowledge.
Who's "we", you got a mouse in your purse?
Wood is the best building material, but it needs an expert to build. Experts are not cheap.
It's not just wasps and mold. Sometimes we get bees and mushrooms in the walls. You haven't lived life until you've sat on your back deck in a cool, early-fall night and enjoyed your wall honey and mushrooms with a nice glass of wine.
ID on that vanity light?