Vanity cabinet doors

Powder room is now functional and basically useable, missing only a mirror, wall cabinet and accessory hardware. Total cost from scratch is $2,688. I figure no more than $300 for total completion, keeping this project under 3k. The splurge items were toilet, skylight, exhaust system and cabinet doors.

New toilet

Kohler Rialto is the shortest front-to-back unit I found, which is critical for the tight space. It's a very quiet gravity-flush type. The supply line cannot be higher than 7 inches from the floor if it's behind the unit. Mine, at 5.5 inches, was perfect. I got lucky while worrying it was too low to not clear the baseboard.

Cost = $328

Counter magnets

For pocket door...

Invisible once painted over:

Glued into mortise:

Aligned for polarity:

No shoe moulding

I use caulk instead of shoe moulding to cover the gap between the baseboard and an uneven floor. The trick for a clean smooth finish is first masking the floor with blue painter's tape, then "spreading" the bead with a putty knife held tight against the baseboard. Take off all excess for a flush finish. No touching with fingers needed. No wetting with water needed. Let dry overnight before building it up if required.

New inner door sill

Solid birch door sill is stained cherry to match new hardwood floor, glued to outer oak sill (clamped overnight to dry), attached with deck screws and galvanized 6d to new subfloor, sandwiching 30# roofing felt that's used as shim (instead of cardboard as thought earlier) and vapor barrier in entry hall. New aluminum threshold has factory screw holes that align directly over the glued seam!

Wooden air diffuser

Custom made from same material as flooring...

Bedroom 4

Cable for Bed4

From attic to underfloor through the "Gastite" stud bay, three quad-shield RG6 coax cables provide aerial, cable and surveillance feed.

Underlayment

Removed terrazzo tile at Entry hall, added 1 1/8" and 3/4" plywood (1 13/16" combined) using deck screws and some screw-shank nails matching adjacent floor level as close as possible, laid 5mm luan plywood using adhesive and staples (1/4" combined) in Bedroom 4 and PowdRm.Minor differences in floor level will have to be shimmed up with cardboard and sanded down to match (therefore plywood better than OSB). Combined cost = $305.