From Shower to Tub

by Peter Bales | 30th September 2011

For this project, the homeowners were wanting to replace their large shower surround with an even larger bathtub.  With two young kids, there would be a lot more baths happening in this bathroom and they were ready to make it happen. The first step was to remove the fiberglass surround.  This bathroom was actually an [...] Read More

A Tile Corner Shower With Alcove Shelf

by Peter Bales | 21st September 2011

It seems this was the summer of tile showers for me.  It was great!  I got to build some large ones, some small ones and a couple in between.  Each job is different with its own challenges and rewards.  This particular project was part of a master bathroom renovation in Inglewood.  These clients had an [...] Read More

Trim to Dress Up the Screened Porch

by Peter Bales | 16th September 2011

A client of mine had just had a new screened-in porch added on to her home.  She asked me to add some trim around the outside to ‘dress it up a little’.  I was happy to help. I didn’t have to do much to make a dramatic effect from the basic porch design that I [...] Read More

Seamless Repair to the Leaky Shower

by Peter Bales | 12th August 2011

When I first arrived, this shower had a host of issues and it was only 5 years old (see this post).  It was a sad situation, but I was glad I could help resolve the problems by tearing out the leaky tile floor and replacing it with a new Kerdi waterproofing system.  In the end [...] Read More

Rebuild with Kerdi System for a Waterproof Shower

by Peter Bales | 9th August 2011

My last article was a little depressing because I covered all the faults of this shower that was failing after only 5 years of life.  Let’s put that in the past and start putting the shower back together using a system to waterproof the shower and make sure the water goes down the drain instead of [...] Read More

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