Today's doings...

Finished figuring out and installing the downstairs toilet...

Although I didn't have the possible patience to turn the water on and test it just yet as I spent a great part of the day removing the protective film from the shower enclosure metal parts as it refused to peel off.  I ended up using carburetor cleaner as it dissolved the adhesive and doesn't harm the metal or the rubber gaskets.  What a pain...

But they look good ; )

This week's progress...

Tilework...

Fir stair wall caps...

Toilets and trim experiment...

Been a month since my last outdoor ride...

The air is finally clear, and felt I was ready to check out the fire devastation on one of my favorite routes - Pipestone Canyon Loop...

Up Lester Road...

At the top of Lester - singletrack...

Large debris flow from the rain storm this last week...

Top of the mud flow...

 Near the origin of the 400 square mile plus Carlton Complex Fire...

Campbell Lake below at the entrance to Pipestone Canyon...

In Pipestone Canyon - nearly crashed a dozen times as there was a lot of fallen and burned trees across the trai...

Coming out of Pipestone...

Looking down Balky Hill Road, headed home...

12th Night pics...

The play at the Merc Playhouse closed last weekend...

My very talented and kind friend, Matt Delcomyn, visited last weekend with his equally wonderful girlfriend, Anna...

Matt, an amazing photographer, took these photos during the play...

Bathroom...

Shower niche in, cement board taped and cemented...

The results of my modification...

The Whitehaus toilet lists it as a 12" rough-in but it is not, and thus, to get it away from the wall, I needed to cut out half an inch and seam it back together - I PVC glued it back together,  epoxied around the seam, wrapped it several times with 1" silicone tape, epoxied once again, wrapped it several more times with the silicone tape and finally epoxied the edges.

Red Guard painted over the cement board, and tiling pattern established - tile tomorrow...

Downstairs tub/shower...

Master Bath shower...

A photo from the play...

Taken by Faurest Nelson...

Down the toilet...

We bought a new type of toilet - very modern, one piece with a different type of waste connection and installation...

Concrete drilling to insert anchors for six bolts...

These brackets secure the toilet itself...

The new drain system that also bolts to the floor, and the toilets waste slips into the rubber sleeve...

Sadly, this new systems puts the upstairs toilet back into the wall by an eighth of an inch, so I am trying an experiment by cutting out a little under a half inch of the piping and then through various means adhering the two pieces back into one...

Wish me luck ; )