A sweating toilet tank caused most of the bathroom floor issues. I'm considering running hot water to the tank as an EZ fix. Anyone have better ideas?

Definitely get it weather proof first. I had a situation similar to your except I had 3 months before I moved in. Now I'm in my 90% finished home in a major rainstorm watching two in my newly installed windows leak on my new drywall :( Weatherproof first, then bathroom, then the rest of the soft fl...

Greg S wrote:If it were me, knowing my wife as I do, I would do the bathroom first. If possible even before I moved in. A nicely finished mold free bathroom would make all the rest of the inconveniences tolerable from her perspective.

Right-o. Good advice. A happy mama makes a happy home.

you'll want to become good friends with your neibors before tearing up your only bathroom. losing a kitchen isn't a big deal. The fridge can go in any room and the bathroom has a sink. (its amazing what you can cook with a slow cooker and a gas grill, slow cooker rice crispy treats...mmmmm) just do...

Brenda (OH) wrote:also, in the planning phase, maybe do the roooms farthest from the exit first, to limit dragging debris through finished rooms..

paint before redoing flooring....

redo floors last, so not dragging debris across them....

did that help?

Yup - work from top down, back to front. Good advice.

Thanks Greg. I'll be ordering that book.

My wife and I just purchased a 14X56 mobile that has soft places in the floors, lousy carpet, refrigerator, counters, cabinets, windows... in effect it needs a total rehab. Problem is we have to move into it and do the work while we live there. Any advice on what to do first? Obviously new refrigera...