Maybe the end really is in sight. My Dad and I set the toilet in the powder room, and it flushes, and it doesn’t leak. The days of peeing in the garage are over. In this picture you can also see the color the bathroom got painted. It was originally going to be much darker but it looked way too dark for such a small room so she lightened it up by mixing in some white. It looks really good. The lamp is just there until my electricians mount the vanity light. Also behind the toilet is the base I picked out. Its 7 1/4″ tall. My Dad cut a piece to put behind the toilet because we knew it would be hard to get behind there once the toilet and sink were in. I think we are going to try and hook up the pedestal sink Wednesday.
I went to the Depot and got exhaust fans for the bathrooms. I installed the one in the powder room this afternoon. It actually was really easy to do and just plugged into the box that was roughed in in the ceiling. I put the grille on it and hit the switch and it actually worked…haha. So now not only can you actually go to the bathroom in the house, but you can make your smells leave the house quicker.
I also wired the new thermostat. I didn’t take any pictures because I smeared some sort of grease all over the wall around the thing and quite frankly I wasn’t proud of the cleanliness of my work. After switching a wire around, swearing at Honeywell, and doing some internet reading, I finally got the AC to start blowing again. Needless to say, the touch screen Honeywell thermostat I got is one of the least intuitive pieces of electronics I can remember buying. What they most certainly don’t make clear is that if when you first put the batteries in the thing, you MUST set the date to the correct date before doing anything else, because at this point I can find no way how to change it. It will let you change the time, but not the date. I tried pulling the batteries, disconnecting the wiring, and flipping the breaker, but to no avail. I gave up and set every day on the 7 day scheduling thing to the same temperature and the air finally came on and was on when I left.
Pretty much just got tiling to do this week, lots of tiling. More updates coming soon hopefully…
