Bathroom
Welland Rd. — Brookline
Primary bath gutted to studs. Curbless shower, radiant floor, and tile laid twice in the niche to get it plumb.
121B Tremont St., Suite 24, Boston, MA 02135(617) 397-5158
The South St. guest bath had a clawfoot tub the owners never used and a GFCI outlet that tripped every time anyone turned on the hair dryer. We pulled the tub, built a walk-in shower with a low-curb threshold, and pulled a service-upgrade permit to replace the panel — a 1972 Federal Pacific that was on half the town's replacement list anyway.
Shower pan is a Schluter Kerdi membrane over a mud-bed. Wall tile is a three-by-twelve glazed ceramic in a running bond, accent in the niche is a one-by-one Calacatta-look mosaic. Floor is a twelve-by-twenty-four porcelain herringbone. Vanity is a walnut shaker with a Carrara-look quartz top, thirty-six inches wide, and a Kohler Purist trim in brushed brass.
The panel upgrade got scheduled with National Grid on the first day of demo so the new service dropped in during the week we had the walls open. Every outlet on the second floor got a new dedicated run. The inspector cleared the bath and the panel on one visit.
“Walk-in shower, new vanity, and an electrical panel update they caught during demo. The proposal itemized everything, including the tile line we picked, before any work started.”
