Bathroom Re-model concrete foundation

[tjkubota93]

Here's the latest. Capped the drain and vent. Probably going to do the copper 1 side at a time while I'm on 2nd shift and the wife is at work and kids at daycare. I did the concrete saw and jack hammer part while they were away today.

 

[spitter]

Don't want to be captain obvious but make shure you rap pipes with Styrofoam before you pour concrete. Great work.:thumbsup::drink:

 

[3Ts]

Be sure the copper is not in contact with any concrete. The concrete will corrode the copper.
In your case I'd stay with copper since it's whats there and is a small job, but keep PEX in mind for other plumbing work.

 

[EddieWalker]

Sounds like you got some great advice already and it looks like you are doing a very nice job. I'm just commenting so I can follow your progress and see the finished pictures.

 

[tjkubota93]

Sounds like you got some great advice already and it looks like you are doing a very nice job. I'm just commenting so I can follow your progress and see the finished pictures.

Thanks.

I think you put down alot of tile?

Would you use self leveling goop over this thinset left after removing 2 layers of tile? Or just thinset and tile over it?

Any recommendations on radiant floor heat mats or whatever they are called?

 

[tjkubota93]

Forgot picture for when I said "this thinset left behind"

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Some in progress pictures. Just a few of the million I took.View attachment 592948View attachment 592949View attachment 592950View attachment 592951View attachment 592952View attachment 592953View attachment 592954View attachment 592955View attachment 592956View attachment 592957

I hope you put proper insulation around those copper pipes going through the slab. Concrete will eat up copper, fast...

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Be sure the copper is not in contact with any concrete. The concrete will corrode the copper.
In your case I'd stay with copper since it's whats there and is a small job, but keep PEX in mind for other plumbing work.

Whoops... missed this. :thumbsup:

 

[tjkubota93]

I hope you put proper insulation around those copper pipes going through the slab. Concrete will eat up copper, fast...

They were there from when the house was built. I hope they did too.

Yes I understand the lime in the concrete will eat up copper.

I do plan to cover up the copper pipes I modify to sit below floor level, so the concrete doesn't touch it.

 

[tjkubota93]

Got the hot water side ready today. Pretty much duplicated what was already there, just 3 feet shorter.

I am thinking actually putting concrete over this will be the last thing I do. I will leave it uncovered to monitor my handiwork until I feel confident to seal it up forever.

 

[spitter]

Must be a delayed echo in here.:drink:

 

[tjkubota93]

Eddie Walker, would you use self leveling compound over this or just tile over it?

I think you have done ALOT of remodels and tiling, figured you would know the best way.

I have used the self leveling compound once. Its expensive for what you get and kinda a pain, but it did exactly what I needed.

 

[EddieWalker]

Eddie Walker, would you use self leveling compound over this or just tile over it?

I think you have done ALOT of remodels and tiling, figured you would know the best way.

I have used the self leveling compound once. Its expensive for what you get and kinda a pain, but it did exactly what I needed.View attachment 593663

I would scrape and/or grind it all off. For a big area like yours, renting a floor grinder would get 90 percent of it off in a few hours. Then the areas around the cabinets would have to be done by a smaller grinder, or chisel end on a SDS rotary hammer.

 

[tjkubota93]

Thanks, I figured you would know.

 

[tjkubota93]

This is what's left of the shower I removed. Plugged the drain/vent off where it teed off. Shortened the copper pipes below grade.

Been framing, wiring, sheetrocking and painting.

 

[FrankTailor]

Ask around. Who do you know who has had remodeling done and has been happy with the result?

We had our bathrooms remodeled 3 years ago by a guy who had done some work for a friend.

The basement bathroom is still a basement bathroom - nothing fancy, but all the things that annoyed me have been fixed.

The main bathroom was a gut job. We replaced the bathtub with a walk-in shower with a rain shower. All new tile. Moved the plumbing. New vanity and sink. New lighting. New fan, paint, etc.

 

[EddieWalker]

That's a very nice bathroom!!!

 

[TnAndy]

Ask around. Who do you know who has had remodeling done and has been happy with the result?

We had our bathrooms remodeled 3 years ago by a guy who had done some work for a friend.

The basement bathroom is still a basement bathroom - nothing fancy, but all the things that annoyed me have been fixed.

The main bathroom was a gut job. We replaced the bathtub with a walk-in shower with a rain shower. All new tile. Moved the plumbing. New vanity and sink. New lighting. New fan, paint, etc.

We just finished up doing our master bath, original from house build in 1985, sorely in need of a gut job. Glad wife didn't see that wall insert/display thing, or I'd have been doing that too !

Wife and I did about everything but the glass door on the shower.

Doors I built (had a stain glass panel made for it)

 

[EddieWalker]

That's an interesting bathtub. Do you walk into it, sit down, close the door, then start filling it up while sitting there? How long does that take? I guess the same happens when you are done? you open the drain and wait for the water to go away before you can leave it?

 

[dragoneggs]

That's an interesting bathtub. Do you walk into it, sit down, close the door, then start filling it up while sitting there? How long does that take? I guess the same happens when you are done? you open the drain and wait for the water to go away before you can leave it?

I get the handicap ease but I also wondered about the amount of time you have to spend stuck to take a soak.