Owen Sound Bathroom Renovation and Repair – JCB & Sons
We recently helped friends renovate their bathroom in a late 1970s Owen Sound home. The space had been poorly modified by the previous owner, and we were brought in as licensed carpenters and general contractors to address everything from a rotten subfloor to a rocking toilet and damaged flange.
The toilet was too close to the wall and awkward to use. We moved the main drain stack showing in this photo over 4" so that we could install the toilet at a normal distance to the adjacent wall.
Here you can see the new 5/8" plywood subfloor we installed with solid blocking to strengthen the floor for the new toilet flange we installed.
We reinsulated most of the bathroom with new Roxul insulation. We also installed new
with new vapour boxes for the electrical outlets. We also installed a bathroom exhaust fan, as the home doesn't have an
. All the joints were taped with sheathing tape and the edges sealed with
This opening is framed up and ready for the new
. We installed
fittings on the old copper pipes to hook up the new Moen shower system