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Steam cleaning is fine for a once in a while cleaning. It's not something I'd recommend using for normal maintenence and cleaning. Again, clear hot water should be more than sufficient for daily, and even in most cases, weekly cleaning. Maybe once every month or two, break out the oxyclean in a mild solution.

Been there, done that. What a pain that was. I didn't have room to swing a sledgehammer, so I used a hammer drill to break it up enough to get in there with tin snips and cut the wire off in sections. If the whole wall is coming out and you don't need to salvage the studs, I think I'd up the ante. How about a renting a powerful sawzall with a concrete blade? You might need a heap of fresh blades. Bill or one of our other tile...

Thanks Bill. We opened the caulk & put some on a paper to see how the color looks but not really the correct color. The colors on chart certainly do match the actual color. NOt really sure what to do now.......................

We wanted to get a Duravit/Geberit combo for our remodeling project, but the end price was twice than a normal toilet. Since we had room, we gave up (probably not your choice). I saw a lot of Duravit/Geberit combos in my European trips, most hotels or renovated houses did away with the tank and hid it behind the wall. Unfortunately in US this is not a cheap option and most plumbers (at least where we live) have never seen these before.

Thanks for your input! I will stick with my original design plan. The wall color and the floor will be fairly similar and I like the idea of having a visual break between the two. I'll stick with baseboard molding. Thanks again!

With the experience I had, I would think twice about reglazing a tub. My reglazing started to peel about a month after it was done, but honestly it "felt" painted when in use, and the porcelain felt better to the touch, anyway. I stripped off the glazing, and would have lived with the old tub except that it was Etched to help the glazing bond. Since it is etched, it is hard to keep clean and is not shiny. I am replacing my tub now. I...

yup, mirrors had us stymied too. we got 2 rectangle tilt mirrors for the master, 24-36, they are by gatco, but i can;t for the life of me remember which online store we bought them from. perhaps CSN? They were ~$110 each I think. we are actually still looking for one for the guest bath - we like one at pottery barn, except the price...

Thanks for all the replies - didn't want to think I was ignoring or not responding to you. The house is in another state and we had to close up the house where we were (winterize it) and come back to FL, just got home late last night. But a quick note... I've been looking for a year, if not going every few months to the area, on line daily. I've gone through two inspections on homes where we had a deal only to have to walk away...

Wow. I never thought about the property tax. Fines...hmmm...I guess I shouldn't take a chance. Thank you!

I don't think I've seen this posted here, but I came across a fantastic website on Zillow with hundreds of bathroom pictures posted. Sorry if this is common knowledge and I just didn't know. If you haven't seen it before, have fun; I sure did! Here is a link that might be useful: Inspiration photos