MB Acres Limited

03/21/2023

When your kids help you clean in between guests and leave a note. I’m pretty sure I’m “the old”.

07/06/2022

06/17/2022

Been a while since we’ve posted updates to the Tavern, but tonight the kitchen has a new smooth cooktop!

12/21/2021

A 2 hour job turns into a 4 hour job and a trip to Menards real fast in a 200 year old house.

We’ve added a reverse osmosis system with 6 stage filtration to provide filtered water for our guests. We replaced the old faucet at the same time.

While installing, I saw that the sink drain was leaking badly due to a joint failure resulting from incorrect installation.

Now we have the reverse osmosis system and new sink drains.

09/06/2021

Well, everything is finished with the Rossburg Tavern Bathroom remodel except a couple pieces of trim and the shower curtain. (See video! We are calling it finished!) A bit more cleaning tomorrow, pack up tools, and we will be out. Nice to have it finished a few days before our next guest arriving this Thursday.

Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen (I'm probably missing someone here):
Heather Nield
Toni Flannery
Dave Geary
Gary F.
Linda Nield
Tom & Andy WTC Electric
Agean

09/05/2021

All but finished. One robe hook (not yet received), three pieces of trim around the vanity, shower curtain and rod, and this project is done.

Today we:
1. Installed all of the trim.
2. Installed the baseboard heater.
3. Rehung the shutters.
4. Installed the linen closet shelves.
5. Installed mirror, paper holder, towel bars.

09/05/2021

Just a little minor improvement in the middle of the bathroom madness.

09/05/2021

Lots of progress today.
1. Floor installed.
2. Vanity, sink, faucet, drain all installed.
3. Toilet installed.
4. Caulk around the tub, panels.
5. Shower trim and bath trim installed.
6. Shelves installed in linen closet.
7. Gantry disassembled and put in storage.
8. Unused materials returned.
9. Front Bedroom, front main room, kitchen all cleaned (THANKS Aunt Toni Flannery and Gary!!!!!)
10. Several loads of laundry done.
11. Yard mowed (THANKS GARY!!!!!)

Tomorrow we install:
1. Trim around tub, walls, vanity, doors.
2. Mirror.
3. Baseboard Heater
4. Shutters and Curtain.
5. More and more and more cleaning.

09/04/2021

Floor is going in!

09/02/2021

All panels up. Caulking tonight. Removing the final shims tomorrow afternoon then the floor goes in!

09/02/2021

Right panel installed. Room cleaned top to bottom to remove dust from grinding on the panels. Letting the dust settle for 24 hours and then the brace comes off the wall and the floor goes in. Next guest arrives on the 9th. We still have to:

Install floor
Caulk tub, floor, enclosure
Install shower valve trim, tub spout, shower head
Install toilet
Install vanity, sink, faucet, drain
Install mirror
Install baseboard heater
Install shelves
Install shutters and curtain
Install baseboard, door, trim
Install towel bar, ring, etc.

Deconstruct and remove the gantry
Remove all tools, trash, etc
Deep clean top to bottom
Wash all laundry.
Restock.

Mow. :)

Should take about 20 minutes.

09/01/2021

Left panel is up and fixed in place. Right panel cut, lifted to second floor and for confirmed. We had to cut outside in the rain so the back of the panel is too wet to glue up tonight. So we used the extra time to hoist the toilet. 🙂

08/30/2021

Well, the plan tonight was to put in the final two Agean panels. Since nothing is straight or square in this house cutting them to fit has been an extreme challenge. This panel needed 5 cuts, only one was straight. The others were either curved, or not perpendicular to the other.

We had the left panel (the one with the three holes for the shower faucet) all cut perfectly. The top was too tall. We dropped it when we were taking it out to grind off some material. It’s destroyed. We used the panel intended for the right side to finish the job tonight.

Holding out hope that Agean has one of these in stock, although I think they make most of their stuff to order. If not, we are going to have to get creative for the right side.

08/28/2021

Not much time tonight and still waiting on back wall to fully cure. Outlet & switch plates, caulk, light fixture and exhaust fan all complete.

08/28/2021

This was probably the most physically demanding part of the job so far, maybe tied with getting the tub in place.

The only edge of that back panel that is straight is the bottom. The other 4 sides are all slightly skewed and not necessary straight lines, because the walls and ceiling aren’t straight.

The clearance all the way around is about 1/8”. It’s super heavy and it was a chore to get in place, but so much easier than ceramic tile.

The adhesive will cure in about two days and we can start working on the sides!

08/27/2021

We are using pre-formed panels from Agean Bath and Spas. They provide a continuous surface that looks and feels like ceramic. We had to be extremely careful cutting the back wall. We created a full sized cardboard template since only one of the five sides is straight (bottom) and the sides are not perfectly square to each other. Did I mention this stuff is very thick and heavy?

Next step is dry fitting. Once the size and shape are good it will be fastened to the wall.

08/23/2021

Over the last three days we’ve put 2 coats of primer on all walls and ceiling and two coats of paint over the last three days. Linen closet and shelves got painted also. Next up is the tile surround for the tub, then floor, followed by vanity, trim, then all of the finishings.

08/17/2021

Massive progress this weekend and today. The room was completely rewired. We had an outlet installed by the window for fans, etc. added a motion and humidity activated vent fan and a motion activated light in the closet.

Then the final drywall pieces where installed and first coat of tape and mud. A couple days of sanding and mudding and we will be ready for primer and paint.

08/14/2021

One piece of drywall remaining. Going to wait until the new wiring is ran before enclosing the wall. The bathroom and the back bedroom are all currently one circuit. Going to run a dedicated circuit to the bathroom with a gfi breaker in the panel, you know, for safety.

08/07/2021

Pressure tested the new shower and drain. All good. V***r barrier up, two walls have drywall. Tomorrow the valve wall gets drywall. Then mud and tape so I can move on to the tile.

08/06/2021

Tonight’s only task was preparing this wall. You know what’s square and plumb in a 200 year old timber framed house? Nothing.

So I figure I could choose two of three, plumb, square, or flat. Square wasn’t happening without complete deconstruction. Plumb and flat it is!

That’s a lot of shims.

08/02/2021

The tub is installed, sitting on about 80 lbs of mortar. It’s fully encapsulated in insulation to help keep the water warm.

Next up, v***r barrier and drywall.

08/02/2021

Our pollinator garden is taking off! We found three Monarch Larvae!

07/30/2021

New Moen Positemp valve sweated in place. We are ready to install the tub! Just about on schedule. Tub needs to be installed by the end of this weekend. Extra bonus points if green board is up around it also.

07/26/2021

Insulation in. New tub lifted to second floor. Next up, sweating in the new copper and shower valve.

07/25/2021

Subfloor in. Gantry made moving the old tub from upstairs to down a breeze.

07/24/2021

Lots of work over the last couple days.

The stairs to the second floor are too narrow and steep with a 90 degree turn to take building supplies up and down them.

So when you have to move bathtubs, toilets, vanities, sheets of drywall, you build a gantry with an electric hoist over the hatch between the first and second floor.

07/18/2021

End of Demolition day 2.

07/17/2021

The end of demolition day 1.

06/27/2021

We love when guests share photos!