Congratulations 😁👍💖🎄. As a child, in England, Mum had to pump water, heat it, then we bathed in a galvanized tub in front of the fire and, yes, outdoor toilets. I can feel the shear joy of knowing you can have a real shower. I love you can finally have a shower head adjusted to your height. Little things can be the most rewarding. Well done and on Christmas Eve. What a wonderful present to yourself. Enjoy.
Yes sir when you are building your own bathroom you put the shower head as high as you want! Raise your countertops a couple inches too, while you’re at it. You won’t regret it. Then, just pick a tall wife! I am 6’1” so I feel your pain with the low shower heads. 🇨🇦❤️
Oh, oh yeah I’ve showered in something like that plenty of times. P.S. I think the hate on shower kits is overblown. They are installed as basic bathrooms in new construction all the time. You’re correct that one wouldn’t fit without heavy modification but I think it would be appropriate for the ROI of that house. Remember don’t overbuild. It looks great so far. Happy New Year!
Dalton, Merry Christmas. When my 30 year licensed plumber ( charged >7k) plumbed my primary bath, he was short one pex ring too. Only he didnt know it and it was under the subfloor in my living room ceiling. When we turned on the water everything was fine and my brother and I left for lunch. When we returned water was shooting everywhere, etc. This however was just foreshadowing as a couple year later a gap he left when installing the vanity allowed a feed pipe to freeze and blow the angle stop off the end. I was away ( for Christmas 2022). When i returned half the house was ruined by water and it cost nearly $500k and 11 months to repair. You’re doing just fine because you care about the outcome, not getting paid.
I quite hope you have had a great season and I am delighted as a past lead man to a rental, dealing with a large difficult refit. There to watch real progress. But I am curious, where are your plans? Please understand, I cheer for your progress, but where also, the most simplified computer lay out to print paper is an assist to measurement and a forecast to refit. Also, a useful bit as might list required material. I fully understand "hands on work. The sawing and mud. " But while watching... is where I simply ask you to think about the absolute best near future. So even, a rough plan, bill of materials is a simply assist to a goal or list of goals. Please nail, screw or glue some paper draft to that bath wall and I will be silent. Hope it' a great new year, oh brave camper. M.
@@mcgama88 i do have a digital floorplan i’ve been working off of. I’m definitely not as organized with everything as i should be but taking time to draw it all out helped me a ton with it all
Enjoying watching your progress. I learn from listening to you when you think out loud. You stated that you will always remember where you are at right now. You are expressing a sincere humble attribute. You are a very capable young person. I pray you enjoyed your Christmas with loved ones. Keep on keepin on Dalton.
You: I have zero faith in this. Us: Oh hell yes, you've got this nailed. When you get my age, you will understand this is all part of learning and growing. There was one Minnesota winter I chose to live in a slide in topper the size of your little trailer with a small electric heater for warmth and shower at work because a hotel was more costly than I wanted to pay. You just adapt, adjust, and carry on.
Bro, your bathroom is small enough that you really should tile the whole bathroom from floor to ceiling. It looks better and no painting in the future. Just have wall niches for an in wall medicine cabinet, the tub and in the lower part of the wall for cleaning 🧼 supplies so the bathroom looks neat.
Great accomplishment, I think the only thing I would have done different is to put a stud in between the studs that are already there. More places to screw the tub to. And you don't want any flex in the tile walls in case you slip in the tub and bump into them.
2025 will be the year of the remodel! That house will go from homely to homey! We can't wait to see what you decide to do with each step of the way! Love this! Best of the season to you and yours! 🎄🎇🍭🎁😘🙏
Can I just say I LOVED it when you said "I'm putting the showerhead where it's right for me." I'm tall too, not as tall as you but in most of my apartments when I was young and even most hotels it's just not a comfortable experience when the shower hits at your shoulders. Make every bit of this home fit YOU.
And I have the opposite experience. I'm just 5'1" so if I forget to point the showerhead downward, which sometimes requires standing on the side of the tub so I can reach it, the water hits me in the face.
Howdy Dalton, I know how you feel. I had a shower stall with a small instant propane heater attached to the back, which I salvaged from a torn-down house in my backyard until I rebuilt my bathroom in my mobile home. I used this setup for 6 months. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
I hope you see how everyone is cheering you on and rooting for you!! I enjoy your channel and your strong work ethic! Then you return from a weekend of camping (work hard/play hard). Keep doing what you do! You're absolutely adorable!! All good wishes from Ohio!!🎉❤😊
Doing a good job Dalton. Pex is not my thing but this is your house and you do it the way you want. Often I see someone do something on video and I want to make a suggestion but at that point the work is done. So I will suggest ahead of time. I'm not sure how cold it gets in winter there so I suggest rethinking about putting water lines in the attic unless well insulated, also. the longer the hot water line, the longer it will take to get hot water when taking a shower. Finally, consider putting soundproof insulation behind your pipes where there is a room adjacent.
From someone who just experienced a toilet blowout in finished basement from floor above, I would have a plumber review before you close it in. Looks fine but is it in long term. It seems a little loosely put together and potential for nail puncture in future. Good for you on effort
Hi Dalton, I’m so happy for you, you will appreciate your bathroom so much. To shower in your new bathroom is great progress. I hope you had a lovely Christmas with your family
Well played by getting water going. TBH you should have finished the framing around the tub before you installed it. Left side inside corner, wet wall side outside corner. Not to mention I am seeing old nails, etc still in the studs from when you demoed the room. Working clean and square is the way to go. Even small things out of sequence bite you in the *** later. If you are going to tile the surround I would add blocking for where the backer board meets up. A "soft" tile wall don't last.
I think I would have kept the tub off the wall enough to slip your wall board material behind or I would have covered put the wall board material up first before setting the tub, also I probably would have put a horizontal studding the wall behind the tub lip for more support.
Dalton that is an old timey country shower. i am proud you have got there. i had one and it was better than nothing. you got a great present for Christmas.
Well done Dalton !!! A christmas gift of achievement ...that first shower in the new tub will hopefully give you a great sense of satisfaction for a job well done to get you to this point! Merry Christmas🌲
A working shower what bliss! I remember a few houses and washing dishes in the bath. The first bath or shower with hot water is a milestone. Well done darling Dalton and a very happy new year🥳🥳🤣
So... A new year! Actually living in your house! This next year will see some pretty cool changes and some pretty tough challenges! Please take things slow and easy and plan with your usual care. Measure twice cut once! 😇. We are excited to see your adventures!
Thanks for the update, HOpe u had an Excellent Christmas. Shower looks great so far. , but I think we were all hoping to see you actually taking a shower. or at least a bubble bath.. . hahaha Maybe Next year..
@@cumberlandquiltchic1 My brothers are tall, and they would complain about the shower heads spraying them in the chest, and shampooing hair was a pain. There's no law that says it needs to come from the wall...
I sent you an email as well, but that drop down for the hot water needs to be protected. If not it's likely to get popped with a drywall screw while installing greenboard.
I ordered a tub surround from Amazon, it cost around 500. The day before it was supposed to arrive they cancelled my order and refunded my money saying it was no longer available. Ordered the same from Lowe’s without a hitch and picked it up. Got home and there’s the tub surround in front of the garage door from Amazon. Go figure.
You make me want to measure how far up our shower head was installed. I know what you mean about needing it higher than "normal," though. I've been in short showers before and it's like an elf installed it. Ha, ha!
Congratulations 😁👍💖🎄. As a child, in England, Mum had to pump water, heat it, then we bathed in a galvanized tub in front of the fire and, yes, outdoor toilets. I can feel the shear joy of knowing you can have a real shower. I love you can finally have a shower head adjusted to your height. Little things can be the most rewarding. Well done and on Christmas Eve. What a wonderful present to yourself. Enjoy.
Before you drywall, install some 2 bys horizontal where your towel rack and TP holders go.
Yes sir when you are building your own bathroom you put the shower head as high as you want! Raise your countertops a couple inches too, while you’re at it. You won’t regret it. Then, just pick a tall wife! I am 6’1” so I feel your pain with the low shower heads. 🇨🇦❤️
Oh, oh yeah I’ve showered in something like that plenty of times.
P.S. I think the hate on shower kits is overblown. They are installed as basic bathrooms in new construction all the time. You’re correct that one wouldn’t fit without heavy modification but I think it would be appropriate for the ROI of that house. Remember don’t overbuild.
It looks great so far.
Happy New Year!
Congratulations , you have a shower that works in your bathroom 😊 the memories you have to remember 😉 ❤
Nice.......you're really GLAMPING now! Luxury at this stage of the game and changes the game so great job.
Dalton, Merry Christmas. When my 30 year licensed plumber ( charged >7k) plumbed my primary bath, he was short one pex ring too. Only he didnt know it and it was under the subfloor in my living room ceiling. When we turned on the water everything was fine and my brother and I left for lunch. When we returned water was shooting everywhere, etc. This however was just foreshadowing as a couple year later a gap he left when installing the vanity allowed a feed pipe to freeze and blow the angle stop off the end. I was away ( for Christmas 2022). When i returned half the house was ruined by water and it cost nearly $500k and 11 months to repair.
You’re doing just fine because you care about the outcome, not getting paid.
I quite hope you have had a great season and I am delighted as a past lead man to a rental, dealing with a large difficult refit. There to watch real progress.
But I am curious, where are your plans?
Please understand, I cheer for your progress, but where also, the most simplified computer lay out to print paper is an assist to measurement and a forecast to refit. Also, a useful bit as might list required material. I fully understand "hands on work. The sawing and mud. " But while watching... is where I simply ask you to think about the absolute best near future.
So even, a rough plan, bill of materials is a simply assist to a goal or list of goals. Please nail, screw or glue some paper draft to that bath wall and I will be silent.
Hope it' a great new year, oh brave camper.
M.
@@mcgama88 i do have a digital floorplan i’ve been working off of. I’m definitely not as organized with everything as i should be but taking time to draw it all out helped me a ton with it all
@@marchingmoto I bid you fair winds. and shut up. I enjoy your posts a lot. M.
Enjoying watching your progress. I learn from listening to you when you think out loud.
You stated that you will always remember where you are at right now. You are expressing a sincere humble attribute.
You are a very capable young person.
I pray you enjoyed your Christmas with loved ones.
Keep on keepin on Dalton.
You: I have zero faith in this.
Us: Oh hell yes, you've got this nailed.
When you get my age, you will understand this is all part of learning and growing. There was one Minnesota winter I chose to live in a slide in topper the size of your little trailer with a small electric heater for warmth and shower at work because a hotel was more costly than I wanted to pay. You just adapt, adjust, and carry on.
This comment is very evocative! We all ( most of us!) have lived in less than adequate housing! 🏚.
Who remembers the awful house Dalton ALMOST bought?
Bro, your bathroom is small enough that you really should tile the whole bathroom from floor to ceiling. It looks better and no painting in the future. Just have wall niches for an in wall medicine cabinet, the tub and in the lower part of the wall for cleaning 🧼 supplies so the bathroom looks neat.
Sure any step forward is a win. These tough times all make you a stronger man. Keep walking the journey.
@@sharonbull4483 thank you thats very inspiring!
Great accomplishment, I think the only thing I would have done different is to put a stud in between the studs that are already there. More places to screw the tub to. And you don't want any flex in the tile walls in case you slip in the tub and bump into them.
2025 will be the year of the remodel! That house will go from homely to homey! We can't wait to see what you decide to do with each step of the way! Love this!
Best of the season to you and yours! 🎄🎇🍭🎁😘🙏
Can I just say I LOVED it when you said "I'm putting the showerhead where it's right for me." I'm tall too, not as tall as you but in most of my apartments when I was young and even most hotels it's just not a comfortable experience when the shower hits at your shoulders. Make every bit of this home fit YOU.
And I have the opposite experience. I'm just 5'1" so if I forget to point the showerhead downward, which sometimes requires standing on the side of the tub so I can reach it, the water hits me in the face.
Howdy Dalton, I know how you feel. I had a shower stall with a small instant propane heater attached to the back, which I salvaged from a torn-down house in my backyard until I rebuilt my bathroom in my mobile home. I used this setup for 6 months. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas.
Look at you, you went from 'camping' outside to 'glamping' indoors! 😂 Well done!
I hope you see how everyone is cheering you on and rooting for you!! I enjoy your channel and your strong work ethic! Then you return from a weekend of camping (work hard/play hard). Keep doing what you do! You're absolutely adorable!! All good wishes from Ohio!!🎉❤😊
Doing a good job Dalton. Pex is not my thing but this is your house and you do it the way you want. Often I see someone do something on video and I want to make a suggestion but at that point the work is done. So I will suggest ahead of time. I'm not sure how cold it gets in winter there so I suggest rethinking about putting water lines in the attic unless well insulated, also. the longer the hot water line, the longer it will take to get hot water when taking a shower. Finally, consider putting soundproof insulation behind your pipes where there is a room adjacent.
From someone who just experienced a toilet blowout in finished basement from floor above, I would have a plumber review before you close it in. Looks fine but is it in long term. It seems a little loosely put together and potential for nail puncture in future. Good for you on effort
Hi Dalton, I’m so happy for you, you will appreciate your bathroom so much. To shower in your new bathroom is great progress.
I hope you had a lovely Christmas with your family
Well played by getting water going. TBH you should have finished the framing around the tub before you installed it.
Left side inside corner, wet wall side outside corner. Not to mention I am seeing old nails, etc still in the studs
from when you demoed the room. Working clean and square is the way to go. Even small things out of sequence
bite you in the *** later. If you are going to tile the surround I would add blocking for where the backer board meets
up. A "soft" tile wall don't last.
🎊 Congratulations 🎊
😃 I am sooo Proud of You! 😃
I think I would have kept the tub off the wall enough to slip your wall board material behind or I would have covered put the wall board material up first before setting the tub, also I probably would have put a horizontal studding the wall behind the tub lip for more support.
Dalton that is an old timey country shower. i am proud you have got there. i had one and it was better than nothing. you got a great present for Christmas.
Great job ! Praying you get it finished up soon, so you can complete your sweet little home.
Well done Dalton !!! A christmas gift of achievement ...that first shower in the new tub will hopefully give you a great sense of satisfaction for a job well done to get you to this point!
Merry Christmas🌲
i think you are very talented. make sure you cover the drain pipes otherwise they will get stopped up
A working shower what bliss! I remember a few houses and washing dishes in the bath. The first bath or shower with hot water is a milestone. Well done darling Dalton and a very happy new year🥳🥳🤣
So... A new year! Actually living in your house! This next year will see some pretty cool changes and some pretty tough challenges! Please take things slow and easy and plan with your usual care. Measure twice cut once! 😇. We are excited to see your adventures!
Thanks for the update, HOpe u had an Excellent Christmas. Shower looks great so far. , but I think we were all hoping to see you actually taking a shower. or at least a bubble bath.. . hahaha Maybe Next year..
Merry Christmas and thanks for the video!
Looks like a great shower to me.
Nice Christmas gift to yourself, hope you had a good Christmas and wishing you a speedy wrapping up of the bathroom remodel
Congrats on the shower install. Merry Christmas Dalton
Depending on how long you will have this shower you might want to put a curtain up on the other side of the tub also.
Whoo Hoo! A shower! Hope you had a Merry Christmas and your first 'normal' shower in your home went well! Looking forward to an update, of course!!
Luxury! Enjoy your new shower set up :-D
You could also put the shower head coming out of the ceiling. Which is great for tall people...
That’s a good idea. Those rain shower heads are so nice.
@@cumberlandquiltchic1 My brothers are tall, and they would complain about the shower heads spraying them in the chest, and shampooing hair was a pain. There's no law that says it needs to come from the wall...
Yay, nice job! Also Bathroom Chat is in!
Another great accomplishment. That will be so nice.
Great job, sir.
Congratulations getting to this point! Merry Christmas!
I sent you an email as well, but that drop down for the hot water needs to be protected. If not it's likely to get popped with a drywall screw while installing greenboard.
Yay! I’m so happy for you! 😊😊😊
I never laughed so hard when you said, - that does not look like a shower many people have used,…. But it’s a shower for now and I’d be happy. 😊
I ordered a tub surround from Amazon, it cost around 500. The day before it was supposed to arrive they cancelled my order and refunded my money saying it was no longer available. Ordered the same from Lowe’s without a hitch and picked it up. Got home and there’s the tub surround in front of the garage door from Amazon. Go figure.
You make me want to measure how far up our shower head was installed. I know what you mean about needing it higher than "normal," though. I've been in short showers before and it's like an elf installed it. Ha, ha!
I've learned if it's going to leak good chance it will be the hot ..it's looks good so far like layout
Oh boy, it's shower time! This is a great temporary fix.
Congratulations. Yippee
I hope you’re enjoying this, because I know I am. You remind me of myself. I like to do it myself, when I can.
Functional!
Don’t forget a exhaust fan
Progresss!!❤️
I'm behind on your vids. Making progress!
I thought you worked in glass are you going to install a shower enclosure instead of a curtain that’s in the thumbnail
A Christmas miracle!
👍☃️🎄
I hope you had a merry Christmas! enjoy your nice hot shower :)
👍
dude wait whats with that top plate?!
@@hamzzz1176 honestly, you can say that about most of the framing in this house lmao
Shower time.