The pces. Theyre already grouted. Theyre ready to be installed. So were going to go ahead and put the twopart epoxy on the back of the material and go ahead and mount it right up. Now theyve included a tile insert here. Not only is it beautiful, but it also shows how much work they do offsite. This is all glued and grouted already so once its installed, its a done deal. We go ahead and take a fiberglassreinforced panel, and go ahead and mount the mosaic. Its aly installation day, we can just go ahead and use the same 2part epoxy on the back of it, and go ahead and install the backsplash. So is there any special maintenance with this . Absolutely not. Because theyre permanently sealed already, you can just clean the countertops with soap and water. They never need sealing or maintenance. And the same with the new cabinets weve just installed. They can just wipe it down with a soapy sponge. So as far as the install, anything special the guys do to wrap up . Just a couple of minor things. Were gonna go ahead and finish off the backsplash. Were just going to put a small pce of schluter material along its a nice metal trim. It gives it a good, clean, modern look. Then were going to go ahead and drill a hole for the faucet. Once we install that, then we go ahead and do some caulk. A little bit of silicon around the edges. Were all done. Clean up and out we go. So now, how long does a job like this typically take . A home like this takes us typically two to three days to finish the installation. And one really nice thing about all of this is its very ecofriendly. It really is. By using existing countertop, by refacing versus tearing out all of the cabinetry, we save a tremendous amount of material from windi u landfill. And then the way we make our granite, were actually able to use some of the granite that other companies are not able to use, so were able to be more efficient with the resource we have. And even the backsplash in this home is manufactured with recycled glass. Well, it looks beautiful. Its such a difference from what we started with, so i love it. Thanks for helping us do this. Its incredible. Its something thats a dream come true. When i walk into this kitchen, its going to be wonderful to make a meal for my husband and my child. The granite, the backsplash, brightened everything up . . . . Well, that turned out really nice. Unfortunately, were not quite as far along here in our kitchen as we thought we would be. Same thing goes for our bathrooms. But if youre interested in some more ideas on bathrooms, we have a couple past projects that are worth a second look. Time we took an extensive tour inside the house here on the program this was just frame. Yeah, it was, and now you can really start to see the form, though, of being inside the roof and why theres a benefit there. And this space, being a smaller master bedroom space, we tried to open it up to this bathroom and used that as a benefit for this space. And so we know theres character being shared back and forth between these two between this arch here, and this arch, and the window arch there theres really kind of a layering of space going on, and i think its another nice character, especially with the blue tile at the end as a focal point. Oh, its a great look to stand in the bedroom area and just look right into the bathroom and see all those all those arches. Well, now that everythings installed in the bathroom here, we thought wed show you how its all supposed to work together. Now first of all, basic color scheme black and white, with the exception of this really intense purple color on the wall. Now this area here is our curbless shower. Youll see no shower curtains or doors. The floor slants toward the shower drain so all the water flows over here. Shower, and this little holder adjusts up and down the bar. These are becoming very popular in tubs and showers today. Now in terms of our vanity, we have a basin that sits on top of the console here. Were starting to see a lot more of these, probably more than anyplace in magazines. But they are becoming much more popular, and of course, in this situation, the faucet comes out of the wall. Now the fixtures as well as the cabinets are made all by the same manufacturer, so everything matches very well. The same wood the same top, you notice also matches the pull on the toilet. But we have one last thing before we wrap everything up for you. Well, we spent the whole show putting phil and margerys bath back together. As theyre wrapping up the last couple of decorating items, lets look back a couple weeks and get their reaction to the whole process. Well, the old bathroom was just an ugly pink color that just absolutely had to go. All i could imagine is everything is pink. Every corner of the bathroom it looks like looking at a 70s design. From the very beginning, doing the demolition work, carrying everything out, and things like that to do, i felt very much like i had my mark on the project. To say it was easy no, i would never say that. But it also makes it more worthwhile when you realize that you did have your hand directly involved in that. I loved the whole picture of the neutral color the tremendous upgrade and just totally beautiful. Tile, everything. Well, were at the finish line in this project. Laura and i are just wrapping up some of the last details. Lennys moved on to the next job. Our electrician has come and gone. Hes installed the sconces up here on the wall so we have all that nice light happening just the way we planned it. All the trims are in on our cans, and laura is working on the hardware here on the cabinetry. Yeah, its just a satin finish. Were using the same on the doors as we are the drawers, and i just have to make sure to remember that theyre short screws here. You have to use the longer screws for the drawers cause they have to work all the way through the drawer box. I got to tell you, nancy. Everything in here looks just great. Do you love it . I love it. Its wonderful. I love the colors youve added here. It really pops. Because of the neutral color that i had, i could go with any color. So i chose red this time around, and who knows what ill do a best tub in the world, which is what you were gunning for, right . It is the best tub in the world. So what is it, uh, is the whole thing worth it looking back, all the trials and tribulations . It was. I learned a lot. I thought you guys were fabulous to work with. I really enjoyed it. Well, youve been a good sport. Its been a good project for us. It was fun. Im glad we did it. All right, brad is finally moving his stuff up to the master suite. We are picking up our tools, and this project is essentially history. Of course, there is the usual lastminute flurry of activity we finished up the niches at the end of the whirlpool tub with enough shelves to give brad plenty of storage there. Cant forget the towel bars, so we put those in. And we found a nice spot to hang the new mirror over the vanity next to the bathroom window. Now youve got to love this bathroom. Beautiful, huge whirlpool tub with a nice tile surround. You have a new tile floor. The showerbrad loves having his own shower. Beautiful vanity. Turned out great. And this is my favorite part. With the cabinet front and the new appliances. Its perfect. Well, that should give you an idea how different styles, colors, and fixtures can all be blended together to create different and unique spaces. Keep that in mind as the bathroom designs start coming together here at the creekside house. . . . . Check out our store at . . . . Project . Go to hometime. Com for easy to use stepbystep guides on a variety of doityourself projects. Its your best source for howto information on the web. Get it done with hometime. Com. Outside, brian and the guys had a chance to finish up the driveway with all the cuts along the edges and putting down all the joint sand. And weve said it before the sand is a critical part of the process because thats what locks the pavers in place and really makes it a rock out the sand, and the goal here is to fill the joints. So you kind of work it back and forth to get the particles dropping in there. Now this may look like just regular sand, but its actually polymeric sand. It has an additive in it that acts like glue when it gets moistened. And thats nice because its going to prevent any weeds from coming up underneath, like what happened with regular sand. Once you get the joints filled with sand, then you go over the pavers with a plate compactor. What that does is jostle things enough fall deeper into the joints and fill them up a lot more thoroughly. By the way, you want a pad on the bottom of the compactor thats designed specifically for pavers so that you dont scratch up the tops. It takes a few passes to get all the joints filled up, and we like to leave them just a touch shy off the tops. After everything is sanded and compacted, youll blow off all the excess sand and then very lightly mist the joints to activate the polymers. A paver driveway. The last thing we want to talk about is how the remaining drainage issues got resolved. Probably the most important thing is the swale that brian built into the driveway that goes right down the middle all the way out to the street. Now what thats gonna do is, its going to take any water that falls to the front of the house, the front of the garage, and thats gonna come right to the middle and all the way out safely to the street. And we also have a high area here in our parking area, and thats gonna take water not only out to our swale, help everything drain just the way we need it. So here on the deck, we have a similar situation. Here we want the water to run away from the house to the outside perimeter, and on the outside perimeter, weve located four scuppers to get the water off the deck and down to the backyard. Weve sloped the concrete. The water will flow right underneath the scupper. And the scuppers are made out of copper, so we dont have to worry about any corrosion happening on the stone. Plus, with copper, things the house, water should flow safely down this hill to the wetlands out in back, and these retaining walls are gonna keep the soil safely in place for some planting beds. You see this drain pipe right here . Well, you might remember that we also got some 8inch drain pipe running underground along the perimeter of the house and down to the wetland out back. Thats something we put in at the same time they were back filling the i. C. F. Foundation, and we attached quite a few tees and connectors to hook up with our downspouts when the gutters go in. This ones gonna take water roof. Of course, we have to wait awhile to hook that up, cause we still have some roofing and some trim to finish up. But, hey, its all part of the process. Ill tell you, its nice to have the hardscaping buttoned down as we head into winter now. That is for sure. Well cross that off the list and then get to the next few things. Hope you can join us for that next time on hometime. Till then, im miriam johnson. And im dean johnson. Thanks people are dying every day here. The drug trade and drug usage is just out of control. Property thefts are through the roof. Reporter she worked with the association of Business Owners in the skid row area who are being overwhelmed by the homeless. And theres no Community Outcry about that. Reporter because other out of sight out of mind, lets just keep it there. Reporter but skid row also has those struggling to make better lives. They are helped at a warehouse called the bin. With nowhere to live, debra parra got a bin here to keep clean clothes, helping her hold down a job as a security guard. I leave a lot of stuff here. So depending what job im doing reporter this makes it a little easier. Oh, sure does. A whole lot easier. Theyre all full. We have a witting list. Ceo of chrysalis, the Homeless Service organization that runs the bin. What does this represent . This represents the personal belongings and life history of about 1,500 residents of the skid row area. Reporter users must check in at least once a week. Glass in there. Yeah, its a drinking glass. Toothbrush. Yeah, toothbrush. Reporter levelle liggins, living on the streets for 15 years, got a measure of safety when he got a bin. Rule of the streets is whatever they find is theirs, they keep it, they can move on it. Reporter the bins provide order in often chaotic lives. When i me as a service to them. I got it. Reporter demetrious reid knows the bins from both sides. He was homeless until the job here helped him get a place to live. It kind of adds a little dignity back into the equation. Reporter its part of l. A. s latest plan to help the homeless. The city is looking to add thousands more bins, which can provide a modest step toward life off the street. John blackstone, cbs news, los my cold medicines wearing off. That stuff only lasts a few hours. Or, take mucinex. One pill fights congestion for 12 hours. Guess i wont be seeing you for a while. Why take medicines that only last 4 hours, when just one mucinex lasts 12 hours . A Human Rights Group says there was a mass exodus of more syria this weekend. It comes as syrian and Russian Forces continue their assault to retake syrias largest city. Across the border about 6,000 american troops are in iraq helping in the fight against isis. Over the Holiday WeekendHolly Williams spent time with some of them. Reporter theyve spent months away from home, aiding in the fight against isis on the other side of the world. Happy thanksgiving. How are you . Reporter their thanksgiving lunch wasnt shared with family. But with their brothers and sisters in the armed forces. Stuffing . Yes. Reporter and when we asked some of the roughly 6,000 u. S. Service members currently in iraq what theyre thankful for, many of them spoke of their loved ones. Major rebecca de niro white and captain jeremy white were grateful just to be together for a few hours at thanksgiving, area around ten miles east of mosul. Theyve only been married five months. So youre intentionally together here in iraq. This was the only place you could be together. Yeah. Kind of. It just worked out that way. Reporter major Steven Bryant serves as a chaplain. . Ministering to the spiritual needs of soldiers of all religions. But on his third tour of duty in iraq hes thankful for something rather practical. Cell phones. I think whats different this time is communications. Its giving me an opportunity to express that to my girls and to my wife and to my mom and dad and different Family Members more frequently. That i miss them, that i love them, and i certainly appreciate their support. Reporter others waxed poetic. Like private first class onay this is a humbling experience. Out here the experience to be able to like come and be humbled and see how other people live, stuff that people think they need back in the states. Kids, as they grow up this is all they know. So no socks, no shoes. Just running around playing soccer. Just its crazy. But thats what im thankful for. Reporter specialist Monique Frank from goldsboro, North Carolina has the kind of relentless optimism thats infectious. One of am she feeds 150 soldiers every day from this minuscule kitchen. Its something i love. Something im very passionate about. Food tells a story nothing else can. Like you put your emotions in it. I love it. Reporter and youre putting your emotions into it even here in this tiny Little Kitchen in the middle of iraq . Yep. I love it. Reporter Holly Williams, cbs news, northern iraq. [ speaking Foreign Language ]. At the vatican today pope francis said special prayers for hurricane, earthquake, and flood victims in costa rica, nicaragua, and italy. Vatican Television Broadcast the news worldwide. Seth doan got a rare behihe hightech operation. . Hallelujah . Reporter though 70,000 people packed into st. Peters square in vatican city, an even larger audience watched on tv. This mass last sunday was covered by 12 cameras including two sweeping gibs, those cameras on long arms. World at the highest quality possible, 4k hdr. Youre broadcasting at a quality level that most of us cannot imagine. Most of us have never seen because our tvs arent that good. Its the very first time. Reporter a first for the vatican. Stefano dagostini is the head of vatican tv. He explained how theyre early adopters of the latest technology. You describe vatican tv almost like a laboratory for television. Why . Because its easier for the companies, for the factors to work with us because we are small. Reporter vtv, its acronym in italian, has just 21 fulltime employees. Greg burke is a former fox news correspondent. He now runs the Vatican Press office. Vatican television is like the mouse that roared. Okay . Its a tiny operation if you but the quality is really great. Reporter vatican tv is hardly an independent observer. Rather its part of the churchs massive pr apparatus. Reminders of its mission are on screen and off. The material is hard to beat in setting, scale, and sheer theatrics. Whether its the cardinals marching into the Sistine Chapel or that memorable goodbye flight over the eternal city when benedict xvi became pope emeritus. This is an expensive operation, vatican tv. Why dedicate so many resources to tv . I think the answer is this helps get the popes message out. The better you can tell that story. And these days were telling stories with pictures. Reporter seth doan, cbs news, vatican city. Thats the overnight news for this monday. For some of you the news continues. For others check back with us a little later for the morning from the Broadcast Center in new york city, im meg oliver. Welcome to the overnight news. Im meg oliver. President elect donald trump is back at trump tower in new york city, steaming mad over efforts to overturn his election victory. Hillary clinton has now joined Green Party Candidate jill stein in calling for recounts in several states tha republican. Clinton leads in the popular vote by nearly 2 million votes. But she lost the Electoral College 290232. And shed need every state at issue to come close to toppling mr. Trump. Errol barnett reports. Reporter president elect donald trump fired off a tweetstorm sunday over the pending vote recount in wisconsin, where he won by 27,000 votes. Hillary clinton conceded, he lead. Clintons general counsel said on saturday they would participate in the recount, which was initiated by Green Party Candidate jill stein. She has raised 6 million for the effort and may pursue recounts in michigan and pennsylvania. Trump calls it a scam, and today his chief of staff went further. And its ridiculous. This