Freezing Cold Bathroom

We were pretty excited to buy a house with two full bathrooms. Except both have their flaws.

The upstairs bathroom is VERY pink. So pink that I screamed loudly the first few days we lived here. Pink and blue floor tile. Pink tile on the wall with blue tile border. Pink tub, toilet, and sink. Pink vanity. There's even pink wallboard behind the pink and blue flower wallpaper. The positive of this bathroom is it's one of the warmest rooms in the house and becomes like a mightly steam room when the shower is cranked up nice and hot!

The downstairs bathroom also features pink walls, but has white fixtures. This bathroom is often referred to as the "Freezing Cold Bathroom" because it's built over a very poorly insulated crawl space. I put a thermometer in the freezing cold bathroom the other day and it tends to stay between 40-50 degrees. Thank goodness the water pipes that run through the crawl space appear insulated.

So, while I'd love to renovate the upstairs bathroom, it's clear that we need to address properly insulating the crawl space under the downstairs bathroom first. While there are contractors out there who will do this, they're all backed up this time of year and we're still waiting for two quotes to arrive in the mail. Sounds like it's time to DIY!! On the next warm day (possibly tommorow), I plan on getting under there armed with cans of spray foam insulation to zap the gaps under the bathroom. I'll also measure the space between the joists and try to figure out how much insulation would be required to tighten up the space. Gotta start somewhere....and we can't be waiting around for contractors when we're freezing!