18 Comments

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   Thaylor Harmor on March 19, 2012 at 8:02 pm

   I wish I had a bathroom to remodel. Nice clean look. I would had rounded the edges on the tub though and would have put a bench on the opposite side of the shower so I can sit while I shave my legs.

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   profhoff on March 19, 2012 at 8:26 pm

   wow. gives me confidence we can remodel without going nuts.

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   profhoff on March 19, 2012 at 8:26 pm

   now, if we could just get the house…

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   Just some guy on March 19, 2012 at 8:36 pm

   11k!? That’s it!? Nice work. I hate shower doors so I love this setup.

   This is money well spent because you get enough of an updated look, but you leave enough flexibility should you decide to sell in the future. If travertine is not in style 10 – 15 years from now, this setup would be easy to fix. A future buyer would look at this and say “I can live with for awhile.”

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   just sayin' on March 19, 2012 at 9:04 pm

   Very nice bath and excellent value for the money. Looks beautiful. For the $11k, was all the work done by contractors or any of it done by the homeowners? Thanks – the videos you bring are so interesting and helpful, Jim!

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   tj & the bear on March 19, 2012 at 9:41 pm

   Well, we already knew Doughboy had great taste! 🙂

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   doughboy on March 19, 2012 at 10:35 pm

   After our move in we acted as the general contractor with Jim’s contacts for each trade. We bought quality travertine and Kohler tub and sinks. Reused the existing cabinets, toilet and faucets trim pieces, just replaced the plumbing guts. We went for pure value and bang for buck in planning the process, start to finish 2 months to completion. There was 6000 pounds of demo materials taken out of here, so the first 7-10 days was a mess. We still have the old glass doors for the shower, our new enclosure came out 1/4-1/2″ narrower than the old opening so after using it a few times we thought…we don’t need the doors, lets just keep it open. We were fortunate to start with a good space and general lay out, this was really a resurface of 15 year old stock white tract home tile with moldy grout. We might have gotten a few more years out of the room as it was but the old jacuzzi tub leaked when powered up and the shower pan was just about shot we discovered when we tore it out too. And yes, we would do it again…original quotes from some bath and kitchen remodel folks for same work were in the 25K+ range. Thanks for the help and inspiration to get ‘er done JTR!

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   Susie on March 19, 2012 at 10:36 pm

   Awesome job, doughboy! Only $11K? Nice! I don’t have a shower door on my shower in my master, and I love that. Glass shower doors are just another thing to clean.

   Although my sister remodeled her guest bathroom a couple years ago, the sliding glass door for the shower/bath combo doesn’t need to be wiped off after guests shower. Somehow it magically dries without water spots. I thought that was ridiculously cool…

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   Craig M on March 19, 2012 at 11:27 pm

   Jim,

   Shower door glass cannot be cut. By code the glass has to be tempered so that if it breaks, it will shatter into thousands of pieces to minimize serious injury. On very rare occasions tempered glass can sometimes spontaneously explode – it is the nature of the beast.

   Annealed glass (e.g. glass shelving, mirrors, etc. ) can be cut. However, when such glass breaks, the shards can be very big and can cause serious injury.

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    Ocrenter on March 20, 2012 at 8:00 am

    This is a very nice renovation job that really dramatically updated the bathroom. Travertine may have its detractors, but I think the value comes in its endurance against trends. Kinda like wood flooring. I don’t think wood floor really ever went out of style, even when blue carpets were all the rage. 🙂 I think the natural beauty of travertine will be a major factor.

    Doughboy had some advantages, like he mentioned, this was essentially a resurfacing job. When I look at the video, it actually reminded me of our brand new master bath complete with standard builder white tiles. With the exception in that our contractor told me the demo was easy because of the fact that the tiles were easy to chip off due to the newness factor.

    I’m sure a builder probably would have charged $25k or more for the “options” doughboy installed, so this type of resurfacing job is highly recommended for new home purchasers as well.

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    Sol on March 20, 2012 at 8:26 am

    This is a really nice, basic reno. Especially like the tile baseboard, a dream to clean while mopping or steaming the rest of the tile floor. Personally, I would have updated the wall to wall vanity mirrors and the over the vanity light fixtures, don’t care for the row of light bulbs look. I’d have to add a swing out glass door on that shower. I also think it looks great without any band of deco going on, which could make the overall look seem dated with time.

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    doughboy on March 20, 2012 at 10:25 am

    Sol we are with you! Next steps are replacing lighting fixtures and most likely framed mirrors. We just got it to the point of 100% useable and Jim was here for the follow up after video. We needed a breather after the major stuff to enjoy having a bath again, no dust and noise. Once you get past the major stuff the little details seem like a breeze.

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    Sol on March 20, 2012 at 10:46 am

    Hi Doughboy-

    Thanks for your personal response on this. We basic reno’d a summer place condo about 10 years ago ourselves. We’re now getting ready to do the finishing touches – gutting, then travertine to all existing shower stalls/tubs (everything else in the baths already done). Thanks again, for allowing Jim to video and post, because I intend to have the Hub look at this for the clean simple look we’re going after (which coordinates with the trav. floors, etc. we previously did).

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    ocrenter on March 20, 2012 at 11:10 am

    we ended up getting a mirror company to come in and cut the existing mirrors to size. and had them reinstall/glue back on to the walls. then just went to mirrormate and ordered the frames.

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    no_techie on March 20, 2012 at 12:51 pm

    @ #14 ocrenter – can you answer a few questions?

    1. Can they cut the mirrors to size on the wall or do the mirrors have to be pulled down, cut, and reinstalled?

    2. What was the approximate cost for the mirror cut down?

    3. Were you happy with the Mirrormate product?

    I want to take our mirrors down but I have a problem finding replacement mirrors in the sizes I want. When you get into the larger size mirrors from sources such as Uttermost it gets expensive – at that size the replacements generally have beveled glass and unique frames.

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    Ocrenter on March 20, 2012 at 1:17 pm

    The mirrors do need to come down. As for cost, it wasn’t very much.i don’t recall the specifics, maybe around $50 per mirror? And mirromate is around $200 per mirror. So the cost is reasonable comparing to a framed mirror of the same size.mirrormate install is a breeze. I recommend it.

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    doughboy on March 21, 2012 at 8:05 am

    Thanks Ocrenter for the mirror tip!

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    Jeeman on March 27, 2012 at 12:01 pm

    Thanks, OCRenter for your tips. BTW, shouldn’t you be OCOwner now? 🙂