My Feet Are Tired!

[Tuckervill]

My "electrician" is working on my bathroom renovation right now. (My husband, who is an electrical engineer, but not an electrician!) Adding can lights in the ceiling, new outlets, new light fixtures. Then the plasterer is coming in. As soon as the plaster is done, then refinishing the floor, and then putting the tub back...new sink, etc.

Plaster is expensive!

Karen

[Trek420]

Oh it's all expensive new electronics are a beautiful thing. This is the new fusebox, twice as much capacity as the old one. It was oddly beautiful work, like watching weavers, everything lined up, with a little tag. The old one was small, like a birds nest and some wiring problems. I decided while the walls are open to just go ahead and have it re-done.

Question; you did not mention a fan in the bathroom. Master bath now does not have one. I'm wondering if I should add one.

[salsabike]

Trek, I got the distinct impression that having a bathroom fan--a real one, that vents somewhere and pulls out steam--is really important to buyers. And it would be to me.

[Tuckervill]

My husband, who deals with electricians all day, said they refer them as "fart fans". He said they supposedly do nothing for steam. I don't know how true that is because I haven't tested the theory. Sounds plausible.

We don't have fans in either of our baths, mostly because this is a really old house and venting them would be a bear. We looked long and hard at them at Lowe's, but none of them met my criteria of quiet, unless they were big old honking things, seemingly made for salon baths. The bathroom is not tiny (about 9 x 9), but it has short ceilings since it's in the attic space. A big fan would stick out like a sore thumb. Since we don't have a shower up there, just the tub, and we now have working windows, we decided to forgo the fan.

I understand why buyers would want one, because the vented ones really are difficult to install in a pre-existing space without a total renovation.

Karen

[Trek420]

Trek, I got the distinct impression that having a bathroom fan--a real one, that vents somewhere and pulls out steam--is really important to buyers. And it would be to me.

dang, that's what I was afraid of

[KnottedYet]

put in the fan, you've got a selling point, life is groovy.

(just don't tell 'em a fart fan really doesn't do anything, it just looks sexy)

[Trek420]

Well H got a little less done today than planned because she arrived and found she'd forgotten her keys. So the first thing she tried was using her ladder to go over the patio fence and drop into the back. But I leave my patio door shut.

So she went back home and then returned. The walls are obviously in a state of getting better doing the mud and tape stuff etc.

What's gratifying to know that of my neighbors some of whom are retirees and home etc no one questioned someone driving up, using a ladder to vault right over the wall

[Tuckervill]

Maybe they recognized her?

I'm one of the few people home all day on my block. I keep an eye out. Most of the houses within view of my windows, I would know if there was someone around who didn't belong. They usually act suspicious, anyway.

Karen