A couple of years in the making - Bath 3 ready for tiling

Opening note:  Click on any photo to enlarge your view of it.

This was an amazing trip!  While there were challenges and we worked ourselves ragged, we completed the installation of the fibrolet on all surfaces of Bathroom 3!

One of the things we had to wait for was just other priority work we've  been doing since we've been able to live on our house starting in July 2009.  So much has been done upstairs and other spaces since then.  And our course some of our health challenges between then and now caused much longer delays than we had hoped for. 

Also, before we could fibrolet the shower in Bath 3, there were some electrical preparations that had to be done, installing a service panel in the dry bodega room so that we had places to take off power for property lighting and AC in these two bedrooms. 




After completing Bedroom 2 and Bathroom 2, we set to work on applying fibrolet to the walls of Bathroom 3 - which you can see in this photo set. 

Once walls were covered, we set to work building a lowered ceiling structure that would clear the plumbing above that services Bath 1 upstairs. 


We had to think through how we would light this room that has a ceiling height of only 7.5 feet.  We wanted to avoid surface lights that would further limit headroom.  We decided upon recessed flourescent lighting with glass covers so that splashing, if that happened, would not hit a hot bulb. 

Then we spent time working out a pattern for the five lights (two over shower, three in rest of that small room). 

We have one temporary light in place that will be the starting point for drawing cable to connect all five fixtures.  The switch is outside the room, consistent with our small bathroom design to ensure greater safety. 


If you scroll back up to the opening photos you'll see the wall tile that will be in place in this bathroom.  We have TONS of the green tile, and that will, as with the other rooms, be the bottom field color in this bathroom.  But we will break that up with a blue and tan color field in the middle and a blue row going over the mid stopped green behind the sink and toilet (view in this final photo). 

The other thing we did in this shower space, only visible if you look close, is that we layered fibrolet so that there is a natural slope to the drain.  All Nelson needs to do is a skim coat on the bottom, and then lay the shower floor tile .  The shower floor tile is visible in the second photo above, and is actual rock sliced to tile thickness, and arrayed to be a "stone" floor.  We plan to repeat this tile on the vanity top.

There is another wall cabinet, like Bath 2; and during Winter 2012, Jim will build in Saukville another wall vanity, but this time with a drawer in it.  We will assemble in a fashion that will allow it to be broken down flat for transport, and reassembled in Costa Rica prior to installation. 

So, tile and stucco will get done by talented Nelson in the next couple of months, and will be ready for completion next visit.


Thanks for reading!

Jim and Dick