the installation of a window - that ok - was made more difficult by it being a new construction instead of a Replacement type, but that was just the beginning - when we finally got the rough opening big enough - and yes thats why the RO is about a inch larger then the window, so you have room to shim it and move it around to get it in Plumb and level - well that took about 8 hours over three days, instead of the 2 hours or so it should have taken ,,,
Then the TUB - well - try fitting a Five foot long object thru a 5 foot space , meaning that any little twist or turn will bind the tub up so you cant move it ., that meant we had to notch out the wall studs and then re attach pieces to them to fit the tub in. Again this process took about 6 hours .vs the two hours it should have....
Let's move to the Floor - We got the Plywood Subfloor in all right ,,, even thought it meant that we had to drop thru a hole in the floor 14 x 20 inches to get under the floor and attach the Drain plumbing,,, that actually went ok... then we started on the Durock install - I got the Wrong thinset ! and to add the Insult to the Injury - did not realize it till I was trying to fill in the Builtin gaps in the Cement boards with the thinset that I realized it was not what I had done before.. and it was the WRONG stuff... It meant that we had to remove the 3 sheets.. scrape off the thin set thws on it,,, Scrape off the Thin set that was on the floor and discard it... and literally start all over again.
Ok - then we installed the heating element and the SO called Self leveling cement that DID NOT !! we added more and that made humps in the floor - we decided to go forward - that we could flatten the tile with thin set when we got there.... We installed the Ditra decoupling membrane that was recommended for this larger format tile... nowhere did we read that the Thin set had to be really thin to get thru the Screening on the underside of the Ditra - well the Sheets did not stick to the FLooring,, and we were back to the beginning - Remember the Durock ? It meant that we had to remove the dozen or so tiles we had laid down,, and the 50 sqft of Ditra - and clean all of that of the Tile thin set, scrape off the thinset that was on the floor and start all over again??? - so that's where it lays,,,,,
I think from here we need to level the floor - however that has to happen then reinstall the ditra - checking that its stuck to the Thinset BEFORE we put tile on it,,
We were able to get the window in correctly, the TUB installed, the Durock on the floor and Walls, all the electrical installed and the Plumbing installed, Sheetrock installed on walls and Ceiling and 2 coats of mud on that, we sealed the Durock, and got two coats of RedGard on the Durock in the shower and oh yea the Readi Niches installed in the Shower walls,,, and a new vent, plus the Heated flooring mat installed - SO it was not a total disaster - Just a small Disaster...
