These piggies went to the potty

One of the main things that James and I had decided from the moment we bought this house was that we needed heated floors in the main bathroom. Needed. We. Have you ever been so cold that the only thing that could warm you up was a hot shower? Then after your shower imagine you step out onto a toasty tile floor. The warmth travels up through your feet and legs, and radiates through the rest of your body. Oh. It’s life changing. But, Bridgette, nobody spends that much time in the bathroom! Yes, they do. Have you seen my hair? Most of it needs dried on a regular basis. This happens in the bathroom for me. Must have toasty tootsies! 

After much research and some youtubing, we landed on Laticrete floor warming systems. Due to their affordability and ease of installation I felt this was the best choice for us. We only needed a small section done - only where you walk - and since we had to tile the bathroom floors anyways, our total cost was minimal. Minimal meaning - I think I spent more money on lightbulbs for the new recessed lights. That’s awesome. About the floors at least. Damn, lightbulbs

Installation was easy peasy. We cleaned the subfloor, unrolled the mat, checked it, attached it to the thermostat wires and fished them through the walls, then poured a self leveling quick set on top of it. Really, that was it. It took all of twenty minutes. The hardest part was trying to get the curled up ends of the mat to stay straight.

This was a short post but there will be another, more detailed post coming soon, because we have really made some progress in the past two weeks! The ironic thing about blogging is that you have to actually do the things you want to blog about. When you are blogging about your home renovations, that leaves very little time to sit and write, much less think about anything else. Remember when we thought we would move in by January 1st?