Bathroom Reno. Ctd.

This weekend we ripped out the shower - we are committed!

We met with the mason and we have more mortar removal to do and are going to test a few methods to clean the plaster dust off of the stones.  But we are getting there!  Just have to get the tub out now...

We are really starting to be able to envision the final product now - the stones are looking great and it is going to be a really nice sized bathroom.

Our shower for the meantime:

Bathroom Demo Continued

We had a busy Saturday this week - continuing to rip down plaster in the upstairs bathroom to expose the stone.  We also removed everything from the adjacent shower stall.  Both spaces will be combined to create a larger bathroom.

Before:

After!  It is a 2 step process; removing the bulk of the plaster to expose the stone, and then cleaning out the old mortar from in between the stones so it can be repointed.  You can see the cleaner side on the right.

And the still-filled-with-mortar side here.

And the shower stall is gutted: