{"id":4430,"date":"2011-10-24T08:42:45","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T08:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2011\/10\/24\/iris-dream-bath-part-1\/"},"modified":"2011-10-24T08:42:45","modified_gmt":"2011-10-24T08:42:45","slug":"iris-dream-bath-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2011\/10\/24\/iris-dream-bath-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Iris&#8217; Dream Bath&#8230; Part-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently for a good number of years, <a href=\"http:\/\/redneckmodern.typepad.com\/redneckmodern\/2011\/06\/michael-and-iris-laundry-nook.html\" target=\"_self\">Iris<\/a><span> has wanted new bathrooms. That&#039;s happening now up in Marin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.semigood.com\" target=\"_self\">Brendan<\/a><span> and I took a sledgehammer to the guest bath yesterday and discovered a few things, namely that the tile on the original design was adhered directly to the <span>luan<\/span> paneling &#8212; weird.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The paneling was double-thick, with a vapor-barrier (clear 3mil plastic) between the two, which was at least nice to see, but a pretty crazy way to install tile &#8212; even by <span>Eichler<\/span> standards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We&#039;ll be using <span>DensShield<\/span> backer and white 3X6 subway tile for the new install (very much like our own <a href=\"http:\/\/redneckmodern.typepad.com\/redneckmodern\/2010\/07\/bath-and-beyond.html\" target=\"_self\">bath<\/a>) with <span>Grohe<\/span> Essence fixtures. I&#039;ve become quite a fan of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gp.com\/build\/densshield-tilebacker-board\" target=\"_self\"><span>DensShield<\/span><\/a> (<span>DensGuard<\/span> &#8212; same product, different retailers) as it comes in easy-to-use 4X5 panels and is super-easy to work with. It&#039;s also the same thickness as drywall so you can achieve a nice transition from tile to wall&#8230; which was ironically the same idea with installing the tile on the paneling, I <span>s&#039;pose<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>I also discovered that 50 year old copper doesn&#039;t like to be soldered (and that solder has gotten stupid-e<span>xpensive<\/span>) but that&#039;s another story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A day later, the bathroom was demoed and the tub and mixing valve installed. More pix as the project develops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e2015436604a60970c-popup\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bren\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345166b769e2015436604a60970c\" src=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e2015436604a60970c-400wi.jpg\" style=\"width: 364px\" title=\"Bren\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apparently for a good number of years, Iris has wanted new bathrooms. That&#039;s happening now up in Marin. Brendan and I took a sledgehammer to the guest bath yesterday and discovered a few things, namely that the tile on the original design was adhered directly to the luan paneling &#8212; weird. The paneling was double-thick, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iris&#039; Dream Bath... 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