Hub Bub

Me at the office. Photo by Patrick Fancott.

Not long ago, someone at work said that, since Bruce and I did not spend $20,000 in Quebec to get my new hip, we should spend it on something nice.

I let them know that we had decided to spend the money on something nice. We're renovating the top floor of our home, which is wholly taken up by the master bedroom and ensuite washroom and ... a walk-in closet that had been converted by a previous owner into a sauna that we practically never used, and always worried about because of the dubious D-I-Y wiring job.

To compensate for the lost closet space, the previous owner built in a closet along one wall of the bedroom. This wasted all the floor space in front of the closet. I never liked this arrangement.

The impugned sauna. The little black dot is my lens cap.

 

All that's left of the closet and sauna. Now being recycled somewhere.

The contractor teams have been at work for the past week. Most of the demolition is done. We found a surprising pipe closet in the middle of the room, a drain hiding under the sauna floor, and a blocked register that explains, probably, why our ensuite is so cold in the winter.

The electrician brought an impressive array of tool boxes.

Behind the sauna control box: this is why we were worried about the wiring.

The old ceiling fixture, disposed. Always hated that, too.

The next big part of the job is taking out all the old carpet from the bedroom and four flights of stairs. More hub bub, but worth it.

Thanks for reading!

Have a great week!

Karen