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
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
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
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
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