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Upstairs bathroom shower pan

We spent a bunch of Saturday removing our ladders and scaffolding from the house; the contractors had been using it in dubious ways, so we figure they can use their own equipment in dubious ways.

Christina got to work cutting the upstairs shower pan.
 

Siggy worked on adding wheels to his car; its curb weight is more than 50 pounds I'm sure. It's the SUV Safety Principle.


Sunday
 
Christina assembled the pan drain.

       

Then she mixed up a batch of her delicious Thin-Set Stew.

 
She spread the thin-set on the upstairs bathroom floor, while Siggy and Jon spread it on the bottom of the pan.


We had dry-fit the pan, but we forgot to dry-fit it with the drain assembly in place. The nut interfered with the hole in the floor, so Jon had to freehand-sawzall some wood out of the way after the thin-set was down, and then we scooped sawdust chips out of the cement. It all worked out in the end, and we got the curbs cemented into place in both bathrooms as well. Next week, we'll install the shower walls.


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  1. JSeptember 28, 2021 at 6:43 PM

    You are getting good at this shower installation stuff.
    Can't wait to see it all.

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