The bathroom has slowly been progressing. The floor has thrown up some unexpected challenges, namely just how much it seems to drop in one corner. The floor in our 4th bedroom the other side of the bathroom wall also drops significantly in the same corner and I’d never really thought much of it until we could see the floor exposed.

Panic set in whilst I was at work as I imagined the floor collapsing with the new weight of the tiled bathroom on it. Why did it drop so much? Had the previous owners removed some structural element without thinking about it?! A call to the bathroom guy reassured me that there was evidence someone had tried to level the floor, probably 30 or so years ago and that there was no evidence of any recent movement. Mental note to self to check out the floor for myself in the back room at some point.

Over the past few days the bathroom seems to have come on leaps and bounds.

The walls have been skimmed and painted. A new plywood floor has gone in. The shower tray has been installed and the area around the shower has been tanked.

I think we’re all set for the tiling now!