April 2nd, 2010
OMG
OK…so I am starting to wonder when I will learn??? I have done some crazy things in my life–but deciding to demo the floor in the master bath has to be one the most difficult and insane things EVER! After doing much research into the different methods to tackle this problem–the consensus was, that the easiest way would be to rent a hammer chisel and to chip out the tile. Sounds simple right. Well, it basically comes down to kneeling on the floor, and jackhammering the floor out two inches at a time. The concrete “wonderboard” underneath crumbles into a dusty mess…the wonderboard is nailed down in addition to being glued to the subfloor with thinset. So I am about 80% finished removing the tile (only) and I invested 7 hours in this yesterday. SO today I have to finish the tile removal, around the toilet, the closet and the tub steps. Then I have to tear up the wonderboard–this is be equally horrible I am sure–more on this to follow after I complete the task.
This the view from the window end of thebathrooom…you can see my fancy tool. Those who know me, know I like a nice power tool as much or more than the next guy…BUT this one was really only fun for less than four minutes.
