Bathroom demo deja vu

Originally this house had two bathrooms.  Our first bathroom project involved a complete redo and expansion of the guest bath and adding a half bath next door.  Now we are starting a project with the master bath.  This bathroom is ridiculously large, spanning 24 feet long and 10 feet deep.  It had a large two person jet tub (which we were too scared to even turn on for fear of what would come out of the jets!).  There were two separate vanity areas, a separate toilet room, and a large glass block shower.  Taking a shower in the winter was a challenge because the shower was too large and open at the top.  Here is a shot of the half of the room with the shower and tub.


The plan is to split this room down the middle and create two bathrooms - one to serve the new master bedroom and one to serve the old master which is now the kids' bunkroom.







First things first, we hung a barrier (plastic and cardboard) in the open area between this bathroom and the bedroom to which it is attached.  This should keep dust down and allow us to keep using the bedroom for the kids.









We started on the tub.












Then the shower tile.













There were a few mishaps....

















That half of the room is pretty close to done.  We were surprised where the tub drain and water connections were.  That may change our proposed layout once we talk to the plumber.  It's good to have this part done before we lock in plans so we can take advantage of such information.








I removed this medicine cabinet, thinking I might salvage it.  However, it was really a bear to take out.  There were hidden screws coming from inside that wall that you could not access without ripping open the wall or the cabinet itself.  As you can see, I had to come in from the other side of this wall...












Still need to remove this vanity as well as all the floor tile.  Removing floor tile is back breaking work.  We are going to see if there isn't some tool we can rent to make it easier.















I also need to make a decision about the wall paper.  It is a textured scallop pattern that the previous owners have stained a maroon color.  I hate the maroon color but I might not mind it painted white.  I have already started tearing it off the wall in the first half of the bathroom but will hold off on the second.  So far, only the top half of the paper tears off, then I will have to wet the wall and scrape the sticky part off. Depending on the difficulty, I may like the wallpaper even more....



Our next steps after finishing demo is to meet with the plumber and finalize the layout for the two rooms.  Can't wait!