Ben Collins reveals the fruits of his labour after spending two weeks refitting his host's bathroom in Winchester, OntarioI have to say that when I finished destroying Laura's downstairs bathroom I did feel like I had taken on way more than I should...
...What's worse is that I realistically knew there is no way I would have attempted this if it were my own bathroom and yet here I was feeling apparently fine with tearing into somebody else's like there is no tomorrow.
Well on the eve of my departure I can finally say that I have finished.
And with the exception of drilling through a hot water pipe and nearly flooding the entire downstairs, I have found things have gone pretty well. I am not too sure Laura was thinking the same when she was calling out a plumber to mend the pipework but we need not focus on that do we?
With the exception of drilling through a hot water pipe and nearly flooding the entire downstairs, I have found things have gone pretty wellImportantly also, I really enjoyed doing it and whilst its never going to be a career for me or anything like that it has made me realise that I perhaps don't need to shy away from this sort of thing to the extent that I have done so in the past.
In all seriousness though - with the exception of the above of course - I am actually really very proud of the work I have done, especially given my experience. And I should really emphasise that... I literally have never done any DIY ever in my life and so it has been a really great opportunity to learn so many new skills and see them combine in this way.
Most importantly though and all that really counts is what Laura thinks:
I think that given you haven't done anything like this before it looks good. The walls aren't perfect but when we put a shelf up above the toilet it will look good. It does look so much better though and the toilet doesn't wobble anymore which is greatAnyway, let's see those all important before and after shots so you can make up your own mind:
