Where's That Sand Coming From?

The bathroom floor of course! I had no idea that when I chipped through the floor tiles and sledgehammered through the layer of concrete that I'd be standing in sand and rubble. In the house. Sand. The house is covered in a fine layer of dust it's found it's way onto everything even the laptop keys feel dusty. Oh the joys of renovating!

As you can see the bathroom demo is in full swing. I got all decked out in my sexy safety gear - glasses, gloves, ear muffs and got stuck in with my scrapper and mallet. All that banging was good to get out some pent up tension I tell ya, but it may have ruined my neighbors leisurely weekend nap we were making a hell of a noise. It took pretty much all day to demo - turned the water off, closed off the taps, removed the old vanity and tap wear, chipped all the tiles off. Then Pete had some fun with the manly tools a kick ass drill bit and sledgehammer. The shower alcove was chipped away and because its the wet area an extra layer of bricks came out with the shower recess.

Then the sledgehammer came out onto the bath to break the surrounding tiles and pull out the bricks and rubble holding the bath in place. We couldn't get under the bath to undo the pipe so used a hacksaw to cut through the bath pipe. Yep that should do it! My parents want the bath for the farm as a drinking trough for the horses - can you imagine a purple bath in the paddock that will be a funny sight.

All the rubble was taken outside bucket by bucket and once the rest is cleared I'll order a skip bin to have it all removed. So thats the hard bit done now I just need to get my butt into gear and pick the tapwear - shower mixers and basin taps so that the plumber can come and do the plumbing this weekend. Yes tomorrow!

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