The basement toilet developed a water drip at the old house last week, with a bunch of water on the floor and in to the laundry room. The water line was one of the older ones, made from bent pipe and the drip was coming from the connector to the toilet tank. Fun!

After cleaning up the water with towels, I pulled off the cheap peel and stick floor tiles I had installed in 2017. Then I scraped up the original linoleum, which may have been there for around 40 years.

I guess I didn’t take a picture after I got the linoleum removed. I took the toilet off and left a bunch of fans running overnight in both rooms. I started just after 7am, with several trips back home, and finally got out of there around 8pm. I had picked up a couple boxes of peel and stick tiles at Home Depot as well as all new toilet parts. It cost about $120.

Was back to the house around 7am for day two. Except for a couple quick errands and lunch, I worked nonstop putting in the new floor, reinstalling trim (plus a new toe kick), and putting the toilet back in. I finally left just after 4pm. Thankfully Brandi made several runs to get some tools I needed at our new house and pick up lunch.

The extra cost of the tiles at Home Depot was worth it because they’re much better quality than the ones from Family Dollar. For a rough basement bathroom, the floor is a nice upgrade and looks good.

My entire body was wrecked from crawling around on the cement floor for two days. We need the house to sell before there are any other surprise projects.