The bath must go!

Mmmm...does seem an odd place to start. The idea is that we'll be getting the restumping underway pretty soon. The front four rooms are on stumps and the back is on a slab, which means we need to move everything from the front to the back. Given that we're in the middle of a drought, it seems a bit odd to have a big bath, and I decided that we could use the bath space as storage.

Of course I didn't think to take a photo before I started, but never mind. Now I was expecting many things when I pulled of the fascia, but foliage was not one of them...

It's the morning glory from next door. It's actually quite an attractive plant, but it's classed as a noxious weed. If you cut it back on a summer morning it has grown back by late afternoon. This stuff was dead but had obviously been pretty rampant at some stage. It didn't look so bad after I pulled as much out as I could.

A heave ho and the bath was out.

The morning glory had grown right up inside the walls. Yikes! I pulled loads more out, and was surpised to see Hojo's nose. There was no drywall, just straight to the weatherboards which were not in great nick. I'll pop around today to check them out.

Anyway, a bigger concern than the weeds was a hole in the slab. The it was about 11 cm deep at its deepest, and about 20 x 30 cm at its widest. When they installed the bath they ground out the hole to accommodate the trap.

I posted the pics on Renovate Forums which is a fantastic resource. The upshot is that because there is no cracking around the hole it's not a worry. Phew!In actual fact, the slab is in great nick, so a big relief.

Now that the bath is out I need to fix up the area to make it suitable for temporary storage. The big picture plan is to have the kitchen here, and I'm sure looking forward to ripping out the rest of the bathroom.