Tom called Mary last night – it was her birthday – she wants to come out on Sunday, unless it rains of course. She feels lucky to have made it to 89, and she is. Tom was trying to explain to her the reconfiguration of the main floor bathroom – she thought the old one was terrific (hahaha). The original had an enormous vanity, not really made for that room and had only one sink, although there was room on the top for two sinks. And the toilet was right in front of the door. Finding the false wall was really instrumental in re-doing that room. We needed those extra seven inches to the left!
We moved the door over, put the shower in the hallway corner, right side, and moved the toilet to the back wall corner, right side. The shower and toilet are now where the sink vanity was. Installed a new, much smaller vanity where the toilet used to be, put in new flooring (sheet vinyl – no seams) right from the sub-flooring up, new ‘green board’ drywall, installed a heating/cooling duct (the room never had one!). Tom put an electrical outlet in the hallway, making vacuuming the stairs much easier, plus put a ground-fault outlet at the new sink. He also installed a timer for the bathroom fan, so we won’t leave that on all day dashing out for work. New lamp over the sink, new recessed lighting over the shower stall, too. While installing the new vent, heating and cooling was restored to the second floor. The vents were clogged with various articles of clothing, etc.
Also, with the discovery that the A/C unit outside has a heat pump, we unfortunately now know that it is wired incorrectly. I guess they never had heat in the house because it is not working properly. It will have to be re-wired with heavier gauge wire and re-done at the breaker panel. This unit is only 2 years old, but was never done right.
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