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Bamboo Floor is in

Posted by Holly on May 30, 2011

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Okay, we have floor in the other bedrooms now! Walls, floors, windows, what next?

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Ipe Shower Floor

All this talk about Ipe and finally we get to putting in the Ipe shower floor! It took most of the day Saturday, but we we got half the deck done. It looks like a deck, so I am calling it a shower deck. It took a long time due to all the measurements and fittings that had to be done. You may recall if you're a regular reader of this blog that Ipe is not only very water-resistant (a great decking material), but also very hard and very heavy. So hauling the pieces up and down the stairs many times eventually took its toll and we had to stop, rest, and have a beer. Thus, this is as far as we got by about 6pm yesterday: This is half the shower floor and we hope we can do the rest today, although we have some shopping and other errands to take care of, so it's not a done deal. The ipe planks shown rest on ipe struts and are held together with screws. The power drill got a good work out as ipe has to be pre-drilled. The struts are then resting on 1" rubber feet at various, custo

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Soldering

Lots of soldering has paid off. This photo was taken late on Tuesday evening. You can see the workings of our complicated systems of shower valves. It is going to look so cool when we're done. Although, it actually looks pretty neat right now - if you like that copper pipe network kind of look. A little BurningMan-esque, to me. Anyway, yesterday he managed to complete the piping (more photos later, I promise) and hook it up to the existing water. No leaks! Yay! A heavy, heavy sigh was released. Today: electrical box placement until the tub and toilet arrive! Fun, fun.

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