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Original vanity with his/hers sink bowlsFrom extremely closed in, to a bright open and airy bathroom. Removing the bath and corner built in towel cupboard (was situated behind bath) the possibilities of this room were endless.
the shower closed in the single sink vanity and felt claustrophobic. We had a friend staying during demo day and gave him the honours of taking the first sledge hammer to the shower/vanity wall, was a fun way to kick things off!
Materials
Bunnings - Aqualine Gib 2400mm x 1200mm
Vinyl mosaic flooring
MDF
Subfloor Plywood
Grinder - For Gin cut joins to make a groove for plaster
Plaster + Tape
Tools
Drill
Circular Saw
Gib screws
Drill
Registered Plumber heavy area
Steps
Step 1
After demolition we removed any old Gib that was crumbling away and replaced with Aqualine Gib (best used for wet rooms). We had to cut out the sub floor in line with the shower as there was originally leak damage, also slightly up the wall.
With guidance from a plumber we removed the old shower head and mixer and bath taps.
the popcorn ceiling had to come down, it didn’t work well for a wet room or the lighting we had planned. It was much easier to replace with new Gib and plaster.
we removed the old vanity sink, tap and bench top but the vanity itself just needed paint (big savings!!)
Step 2
We got a plasterer in to do his thing, as a first time DIYer I did quite a patchy job with cutting the Gib - I would definitely do full panels in the future but the plasterer did a fantastic job working with my gibbing.
We had our plumbers relocate the shower to the door where the old corner towel cupboard was, they installed a black shower rain head and mixer in and got a shower installer to put everything together - We finally feel like we have bathroom at this point. **important note** we bought our whole shower from Trade Depot, the shower lining (1mm thick) was thinner the legal requirement (2mm) and wouldn’t stick to the wall - we bought a 3mm liner from Bunnings and it went up awesome!
The vanity pluming was altered from one waste pipe to two, same with taps.
Step 3
Pendant lights were installed by an electrician (which was my favourite milestone) and one down light near the shower, we had a quiet extractor fan and electrical outlet ports installed at the same time.
Step 4
Lastly the toilet was installed by our plumbers then the beautiful mosaic vinyl was laid. The vanity was an unusual length (1650mm to be exact), we thought we would need a custom mirror but eventually found one at The Warehouse, 1600mm long for $100. An absolute dream come true!
