Bathroom Project Day 2

We did the tip run this morning which was a bit of a game as the car with bath on the roof rack was too high for the height restriction. We could not have asked a less helpful person, who said he could not hold the signage up for us to go through, nor could we take the bath off and walk it through (apparently it has to come in on a car or a van), but he did helpfully suggest we took it off the roof, drove the car in and then put it back on.
Sod that, for the sake of four inches, I pointed out that the sign was on chains, and if we drove carefully, the bath would nudge it out of the way to let us through. He said it would get stuck, I said it wouldn’t as it was swinging, so he agreed we could try. It worked and we were in. An angry Hubby turned into the incredible hulk and carried the bath single handed over to the relevant bay and threw it in.
The day sort of spiralled downhill after that.
We got home and I started lunch while Hubby got organised to begin de-tiling the bathroom. Whatever they stuck the tiles on with is damn impressive, and Hubby’s original plan of breaking the grouting and then levering the tiles off was a definite no-no.
The room filled with dust so we had to think again and Hubby set the fan up at the bathroom window to disperse it, I turned off the heating and opened the front door and kitchen window, keeping everything else closed.

I did some washing which was put on the line outside as it was quite a nice day.
Hubby found his overalls and suggested I went round with the dog to see our friend and take her the third portion of my spaghetti bolognese. This was a good call as there was nothing I could do and he was getting exasperated, so best for me to be out the way.
I had a nice couple of hours chatting over tea and she was looking forward to her dinner as she hadn’t prepared anything. I walked Maya round the block on the way home and when I got in, Hubby was clearing up.
We’d had a couple of showers this afternoon, so the washing on the line was damp again. I washed what was in the bag and after a much needed cuppa and a break, he took the lot up to the launderette.

Sadly, no tiles could be saved, but he’s done very well and most of them are now off the wall. With about seven left, it will then be a case of getting the old adhesive off which I may be able to help with.
We’d allowed two days to get the tiles off, so are still on schedule.

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