A Claw Foot Tub Too Big For a Bathroom with NO FLOOR

Below is a 'before' photo of my bathroom. A bathroom with no toilet, no sink and NO FLOOR. Can you call this a barthoom? Of course, it is equipped with a hand towel hanger !

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Progress Photo 1: Framing the Floor

Progress Photo 2: Wall board removed for plumbing work, new base board and joists

Progress Photo 3: Enjoying the fruits of the newly installed shower plumbing - I cut into the main copper piping lines under the house. Naturally, it was easy, there was no floor to get in the way.

Progress Photo 4: Water supply lines, drain line and insulation installed, floor and wall ready to be closed.

Progress Photo 5: Floor sheathing installed along with cement board to receive tile

Progress Photo 6: Cement board joints taped and mortared. Note: I deliberately cut the hole on the left to make the claw foot tub fit. It seemed more logical to alter the framing of the room than the procure a fixture that fit into it. Parker's logic.

Progress Photo 7: Thin-set tiling the 'inlay' - THANK YOU DAVID BAYSINGER for offering your masterful guidance and for spending several days with me in the trenches.

Final Progress Photo: Tile is nearly finished. Claw foot tub forthcoming...

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I leave you with a rhetorical question: How did Parker do this?

Housewaring Party this Saturday, September 12th. Music starts at 8:30pm.

Beware - floors may collapse and pipes may burst!