So much to do here. So, I ripped out the old bathroom, which left several large holes in the floor. After removing several layers, I get down to the subfloor and discover rot, mold, and general crappiness. It will all have to go.

So, I try prying it up, and the old subfloor just splinters.

So then I get out the circular saw, set the depth for 5/8ths to keep from cutting joists, power lines, and plumbing. Then I make cuts parallel to the joists about half way between them. Then I whack it with the maul. That raises all the nails so I can remove them with the wonder bar

As I start removing each section. I slide the new subfloor OSB over the hole so I dont fall into the basement and break both my legs and back with my phone still upstairs and have to drag myself up the stairs to call 911. Then they will take me to a hospital where I will get corona and die. That would be bad. Who would finish my projects if I die?

And now. Because the lumber Nazis decided no one will ever need 5/8th plywood again so now they only make 23/32nds, so the new sections are not level with the old sections. Do I really care if the floor ripples a little?

UPDATE: I found 5/8ths OSB at 84 lumber. I didn’t realize they were even still in business. And cheaper than LOWES. I hadn’t screwed and glued the new sections yet, so replacing them is easy.

While I’m at it, I fixed the annoying squeak in the floor. It turns out, it wasnt even in the floor. It was there metal crossbars that stabilize the joists.

Right where they cross, if the touch, and they ALL touch, they squeak. So I just bent them a little to create an air gap. No more squeaks.

The new bathroom is ready.  The old bathroom must die.  Long live the bathroom.

Oh.  Never mind.  My plan does not support videos.  Sorry.

Building the front ramp into my house. The existing walkway is concrete going down 3 steps, then a sheep wooden. Stoop made of old 2x4s, going up three steps.

So I replaced it with a solid ramp. Suitable for wheelchairs or hailing in heavy stuff right off the street and into the front door.

Nail guns and compressors make everything go faster.

The bathroom is almost complete. I’m working on the finishing touches now.

Caulk around the edges and ceiling.

I used a pre-colored silicone caulk for the top exposed edges of the baseboard tiles. This covered the orange raw clay color of the tile without making me go buy some sort of fancy edging. I used normal white painter’s caulk around all the ceiling trim. I still have to paint that trim again so it looks shabby right now.

In places where I had large gaps to fill, I used Bondo. It stays where you put it, hardens fast, and doesn’t shrink, so it’s ideal for such things that will be painted over anyway.

Then I needed some mirrors. When I demolished the bedroom that used to be in this place, I hung onto the two mirrored sliding closet doors. I’ve kept them all this time, and now I can repurpose them. I never cut glass before so I watched a few YouTube videos on how. The big secret is you should be making a tearing sound as you score the glass surface. You are also supposed to use oil where you score. I didn’t have any mineral oil, so I used baby oil. Baby oil is 99.99% mineral oil and .01%… um… babies.

My first attempt caused the door to split the wrong way. The remaining pieces were too small to go above the sinks. So I made the best use of the wreckage and created a dressing mirror. I had the one wall with the pocket door reserved for this. With the pocket door inside the wall gap, there isn’t any room left to mount anything like towel racks or wall sconces. The screws would hit the pocket door as it slides in and out. But that space is perfect for a mirror.

You can see I finished it up with some plastic edge trip I had leftover. This is for safety so I (or the cleaning lady) don’t slice off my fingers every time I clean the mirror.

Speaking of safety. This stuff is dangerous. Really dangerous. Aside from the real hazard of slicing off important body parts, you would then need to to to the ER, which is full of COVID-19, so you’d get that too. So, whenever you are within arms reach of the working area, wear heavy protective gloves, long sleeves from sturdy fabric and eye protection. Every time you break the glass, you are letting micro slivers launch at your face.

I also reused the metal frame from the sliding closet doors. They are a sturdy aluminium so ideal for a good frame. They were gold tinted color, so I touched them up with an angle grinder and wire wheel. Another thing you should always wear gloves, long sleeves and eye protection. These thing throw sharp bits of wire at high speed in every direction. Makes you wonder how any mechanics still have 2 working eyes.

So, then I used my second door to try and make an over sink mirror. The way you do it is use your tool to score the glass, then give it a little bend and it should snap clean (and razor sharp) along the score line. SHOULD.

So once again, it split in the wrong place. So I shortened my goal dimensions and tried again.

Finally, after all this, I get the mirrors mounted and the lights, and VIOLA!