OK I am trying to stay upbeat, motivated, and positive. We found a leak in an old iron pipe coming down from one of our bathrooms on the 2nd floor. They were going to sleeve it and be done with it. Come to find out the pipe is rusted all out and falling apart so they need to replace it. Well where the pipe comes down is in a wall that has decorative stuff on both sides and hasn't been touched since 1908. One side is all leather walls and the other side has wallpaper which goes throughout most of the downstairs halls and up through the front stairwell.
We have decide to not cut into the wall but to tear up the bathroom floor (since we were going to redo our bathroom anyway) and redo all the plumbing, and then put in a new shower and lay a new floor. It's a fairly small bathroom so the expense on the new floor will be minimal. If anyone can tell me what to put down for a floor to help add value to the home it would be appreciated. My wife want to lay hardwood floor to match the rest of the house since every single room is hardwood floor (except the kitchen), but with 6 kids it's going to get wet all the time and I don't want it to rot out. Of course we can try to keep it dry but still, it's a lot of work. I was thinking maybe a tile or laminate floor? The house is old so looking for something to match the style but also be well functioning and add value.
I am trying to turn all this into an opportunity. I think I have done fairly well so far but it's hard not to get down in the dumps about it. I remind myself it is just a bathroom, just a house, and everyone gets new plumbing at some point. haha
The opportunity was to do the bathroom over again like we wanted but it would happen sooner than later and not just sitting around dreaming of it being done some day in the future. We are executing it now and making it work by taking advantage of the leak.
So, now that we have decided to do that they ran a camera down the pipe under my basement and 29 feet in the pipe is all damaged and cracked and looks like a semi - blockage. They are wanting to take a jack hammer to the basement to get at it. Problem is that pipe is actually clay and it crumbles easily. If they try to get at it, the possibility of it all crumbling may lead to the decision of hammering it all out and relaying the entire pipe. But the issue I have is it could be a mess all the way out 100ft or more.
OK I am venting but I am looking for advice on those who may have had this sort of thing happen to them before.
Last but not least, redoing this will also add value to the house in the case we put it on the market in 5-7 years which is a possibility.
So wish me luck and will need a few Corona's when this is all done. :cheers:
We have decide to not cut into the wall but to tear up the bathroom floor (since we were going to redo our bathroom anyway) and redo all the plumbing, and then put in a new shower and lay a new floor. It's a fairly small bathroom so the expense on the new floor will be minimal. If anyone can tell me what to put down for a floor to help add value to the home it would be appreciated. My wife want to lay hardwood floor to match the rest of the house since every single room is hardwood floor (except the kitchen), but with 6 kids it's going to get wet all the time and I don't want it to rot out. Of course we can try to keep it dry but still, it's a lot of work. I was thinking maybe a tile or laminate floor? The house is old so looking for something to match the style but also be well functioning and add value.
I am trying to turn all this into an opportunity. I think I have done fairly well so far but it's hard not to get down in the dumps about it. I remind myself it is just a bathroom, just a house, and everyone gets new plumbing at some point. haha
The opportunity was to do the bathroom over again like we wanted but it would happen sooner than later and not just sitting around dreaming of it being done some day in the future. We are executing it now and making it work by taking advantage of the leak.
So, now that we have decided to do that they ran a camera down the pipe under my basement and 29 feet in the pipe is all damaged and cracked and looks like a semi - blockage. They are wanting to take a jack hammer to the basement to get at it. Problem is that pipe is actually clay and it crumbles easily. If they try to get at it, the possibility of it all crumbling may lead to the decision of hammering it all out and relaying the entire pipe. But the issue I have is it could be a mess all the way out 100ft or more.
OK I am venting but I am looking for advice on those who may have had this sort of thing happen to them before.
Last but not least, redoing this will also add value to the house in the case we put it on the market in 5-7 years which is a possibility.
So wish me luck and will need a few Corona's when this is all done. :cheers:
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