Tub Surround

Got the felt and backerboard up for the tile. The backerboard generates a serious amount of dust when cutting with a skill saw - wish I'd thought to use a wet saw. Can't take any more, setting up a temporary shower tonight as soon as I get the rest of the backerboard on.

Plumbing

The plumbing is hooked up and not a leak in site. Using pex behind the tub was a lot easier than trying to solder - plus much less chance of setting the house on fire. I don't know why the faucet doesn't come as one big kit, rather than having to cut and solder the joints as well as thread them in. Next I gotta slap in some walls, tile and I'll be showering in no time - i'm sure the boys in the office will appreciate that :s .

Frame tub area, and install tub.

Plumbing is run from the basement, so now it's time to start the frame for the tub. Lesson: Build frame before you install the tub. Though having said that, it would have been very hard to hook up the tub drain with the frame in place.
Kev tried to talk me into getting one of those pre-cast recessed shower shlf things from http://aquafit-usa.com, but at +$50, I figured i'd just slap one together from 2x4s and tile-board for the back. Wish had rememberd to do it before we built the frame though!
Kev's nail gun is fab. I want one.

Tub gets ripped out and new plumbing roughed in.

Saturday morning, and before I knew it and had any coffee, I had the tub ripped out and the demo started. Clearly this was out-of-character as it was pre-10am, and I was working - I don't even start working before 10am at the day job! Anyways, Kev shows up shortly after, and we get to work demo'ing the rest of the bathroom. With the demo done, we set to work laying the rest of the plumbing for the toilet and tub. I wanted to run the toilet to the wall, but pitch may have become an issue, so decided to keep it close to the stack. The plumbing for the tub had us headscratching for a bit as it was pretty close to the drain, and didn't leave much room for error.
End of the day and the plumbing is set for the bathroom. The blue and red pipes are PEX flexible pipe. I can't imagine trying to work copper from the basement all the way up here. PEX is great - measure, cut, crimp, done.

Picked up the window from Lowes. It looks pretty good, but first thing I noticed is how much less glass there is. I lost 2.5" of glass width due to the vinyl frame. If I had known that, I may have gone for a wooden frame.
After removing the sashes, the opening was perfectly straight and level. Popped in the window, added some shims and caulk, and the window is in!