Whirlpool Bath

With the kids bathroom mostly done (just the cabinet doors are left), we were ready to try out the whirlpool bath.  After Alyssa tested it out while everyone was out downhill skiing, Evelyn wanted to try it.  She has been begging for days.  She was pretty excited when Alyssa turned on the jets.  

Charlotte joined her, and Alyssa went downstairs to make dinner.  A short while later Alyssa hear screaming and ran upstairs.  They girls were clutching each other and shouting that the jets were getting faster.  Evelyn had accidentally unplugged the bath (probably with her bum) and the waterline was below the jets but not the intake valve.  Water was angrily spraying everywhere.  The girls were crying and saying that they were never taking a bath with the jets again.

Bathroom Demo Day

Today was demo day for the kids bathroom.  So glad to see that strange bathroom surround gone.  The new tub is a bit wider and longer so the cabinet needed to go too.

The guys rearranged the living room to have better access to the plumbing  

The studs are rotated flat, so in order to have a niche, Justin furred out the studs.

Plumbing

Today was a bit crazy.  It was extremely windy last night (Mount Washington measured a gust of 140 mph).  We could hear something banging, but we couldn't figure out what.  It turned out to be the roofing barrier.  (You can see it out the window in the photo below).

Matt the plumber came today so we hurriedly emptied the bathroom so he could remove the bathtub. It was a lot more stuff than we thought it was.

The empty bathroom (except for the toilet, which is in the boxes).

The bathroom with a new shower opening, a new shower niche, and a new heating register.

We also had to move Charlotte's bookcase so that Matt could connect Evelyn's new heat to Charlotte's line.  (All this moving of stuff had to happen before we left for Evelyn's morning swim lesson.) Justin and Keef opened up the wall to the new shower.  They also framed in the new beam in the living room.  At first they framed it to match the existing beam, but that beam is so off level that it looked funny next to the new, level window.  Now it matches the level window.

Bathtub Installed

Shawn and Chris installed the Kohler Archer bathtub.  We decided to splurge a little and buy a whirlpool.  We're looking forward to having a relaxing bath after all this work is done.