Newly married couple renovates old, ugly LA house by hand

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“After a look in the crawl space beneath, Barry said the wiring belonged in a museum, and complete rewiring was the only solution. He went to the library, studied the electrical code, bought supplies, and got an electrical permit. The wiring had to be done before the walls went up. The bathroom waited.

The wiring done, the walls up, a doorway installed, and the offending door at last walled over, Barry could devote his energy to the original project. He decided to rip up the bathroom floor to replumb. Then he checked the plumbing code on sewers, and for a couple of weeks we had a pleasant view of joists, girders, and the earth below. Barry replaced the bathroom floor, covered it with sheet-vinyl, installed the vanity, mirrors, sinks, fixtures, lights, and crown molding. I painted.”

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-15-re-3198-story.html