Dave's finger was sore this morning, but it was still attached and hadn't seeped through the plaster overnight, so we took that as a good sign. First order of business was the shower doors. Which were very much heavier than I remembered. Secondary one came out relatively easily and though heavy, I could woman-handle it to the HippoBag (well, next to it because we needed the bath to fit in squarishly. The second door (the original one) was a bit harder to release from its somewhat more manly fitting and was too heavy for poor little old me alone, so we wiggled it out of its housing then the pair of us got it to the same place as the other one. After removing the bath modesty panels we discovered a trove of unused bathroom/plumbing bits and pieces, some of which (outside tap fitting kit, extendable shaving mirror and a loo roll holder/towel ring/toothbrush holder type set) I put on the village Facebook page. As far as I know, the vanity set is still at the end of the drive
Then to the bath. First, Dave cut through the silicone sealant then we pulled the bath out (well, wrenched it off the brackets that were still there) and dragged it far enough out from the far wall so he could disconnect the taps and drain. We then decided that the only way to get the bath out via the living room and hall would be to remove the legs and the taps (which he did) then once we'd got it partly out, decided the drain had to come out too. We got the bath outside relatively easily (a plastic bath is a lot lighter than a toughened glass shower screen) and into the Hippo Bag (I'd already move the stuff out that we put in last night to make sure nobody absconded with the empty bag. The rest of the afternoon was spent removing under-bath rubbish, redundant pipwork, a quick visit to ToolStation for more drainage stuff because the existing basin drain was too high for the new shower tray and we're going to divert the outflow to the shower drain instead. That was pretty much it today, other than removing the grab handle for re-deployment and the old shower mount plus the "new" shower that never made it to getting commissioned. We had some discussion about the position of the drain and whether we were going to have to drill a new hole in the outside wall. Dave eventually solved that by taking a hammer to the drain that we wanted to replace and persuading it that it really wasn't a permanent feature. No first aid drama today, and the bathroom really looks big with very little in it.
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