Toilet Dilemma and Bathroom Counters

Yesterday night, we ordered a sofa for the family room from Ikea.  Delivery scheduled for this morning between 9am and 1pm.  Thankfully, the work crew could sign for the delivery so we did not have to physically be at the house waiting.

However, I needed to visit the house in the morning due to a toilet and warming floor issue.  Turns out that our toilet needs 4 holes drilled into the tile.  Our master bathroom has a warming floor.  We were supposed to receive two warming pads, one for the main area and one for the toilet area.  Well, turns out that there was an ordering mistake and we got one large warming pad to cover both areas.  As a result, we have the warming pad extended to the rear of the toilet (which I did not want).  So to drill the holes, the workers were afraid of damaging the warming pad.  If that were to happen, the flooring of the whole master bathroom would need to be redone because we would need to replace the entire warming pad.  *sigh*  I told them to go ahead and drill.  Otherwise, the toilet will not be properly installed.

After a long planing period, they went ahead...the workers did some very careful calculations and based on touch, they determined that there were no heating coils around the area they needed to drill.   With great caution, they proceeded...and succeeded!  :)

Note:  If you wanted a skirted toilet, let the GC know beforehand so they can position the piping properly.
Note:  Let the GC know what kind of toilets you're using (Japanese versus American) because the Japanese brands need the extra 4 holes drilled in the back.

After making that drilling decision, I had just started driving home for 3 minutes when my GC called and told me that the counter installers were at the house(!).  They were scheduled for 1pm but I guess they wanted to finish before lunch so they arrived around 11am.  I had to stay for the whole install and checked their grouting work.  For the master bathroom, we had bought larger sinks.  Apparently that was a minor issue because the sinks were too big for the cabinets - too wide.  The installers had to cut away on the sides of the cabinet to get the sink to fit properly.  The only damage you can see is if you look towards the sink when the bottom cabinet is open.  Most of the damage is hidden by the sink anyway.   Thankfully!!

Note:  Always know how large of a sink your cabinetry can accommodate before purchasing the sink!

Glue below the counter

Master counter top

Installed!