{"id":2683,"date":"2021-02-17T19:11:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/?p=2683"},"modified":"2021-02-17T19:11:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T19:11:23","slug":"my-bare-bathroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2021\/02\/my-bare-bathroom\/","title":{"rendered":"My Bare Bathroom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"855\" data-attachment-id=\"2681\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/img_20210217_185914-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?fit=1917%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1917,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Redmi 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1613588354&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.82&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;285&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.029999&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_20210217_185914.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C854&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C855&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?w=1917&amp;ssl=1 1917w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?resize=767%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 767w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?resize=1150%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?resize=1534%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1534w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/IMG_20210217_185914-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As I was lying in hospital with a broken leg a year ago my loft conversion was being finished. Had I not broken my leg I would have tiled it and put a waterproof floor down myself in the second bathroom in the loft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"855\" data-attachment-id=\"2682\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-1613588684286-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?fit=1917%2C2560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1917,2560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Redmi 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1613588347&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.82&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;929&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.040002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wp-1613588684286.jpg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?fit=640%2C854&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?resize=640%2C855&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?w=1917&amp;ssl=1 1917w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?resize=767%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 767w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?resize=1150%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?resize=1534%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1534w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/02\/wp-1613588684286-scaled.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And I would have laid a carpet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I was lying in hospital with a broken leg a year ago my loft conversion was being finished. Had I not broken my leg I would have tiled it and put a waterproof floor down myself in the second &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2021\/02\/my-bare-bathroom\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-Hh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2224,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2015\/08\/why-arent-all-fuseboxes-well-off-the-floor\/","url_meta":{"origin":2683,"position":0},"title":"Why aren&#8217;t all fuseboxes well off the floor","author":"taxicle","date":"August 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Even in the loft. 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