Tia Weston's bathroom takes shape, but the arches won't cooperate
A new bathtub and leveled floor mark real progress in her abandoned-house renovation, while viewers offer alternatives for the curved doorways.
Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.
From Abandoned To THIS... But There's A Problem
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- 1:05Tia and her helper pour and spread self-leveling underlayment across the uneven bathroom floor.
- 6:40A bed of floor mud supports the new bathtub as the pair lower it into position.
- 7:44Tia explains the waterproof backing around the tub before the drywall installation.
- 13:13A basement furnace check reveals a clogged filter, which Tia replaces.
- 15:10The pair test wet drywall strips for the curved doorways; the outcome comes at 17:41.
The tub is in. Tia Weston's only new upload this week turns a bathroom with an uneven floor into something much closer to a usable room, although the curved doorways prove less accommodating.
In "From Abandoned To THIS... But There's A Problem", Tia and her helper pour self-leveling underlayment, discover they're a bag short, and return after drying to check their work. The white bathtub gets a supporting bed of floor mud before they lower it into place. Waterproof backing and purple drywall follow. The episode also contains a sponsored segment for AG1.
Then comes the fiddly part: bending drywall around the arches. Tia tries a viewer-suggested method of wetting strips with a mop, but the pieces repeatedly crack. The comments become something of a workshop, with viewers proposing flexible drywall, layered plywood or mesh and plaster. Others are focused on insulating the walls between the bathroom and mudroom, and one is waiting patiently for the last unfinished patch of kitchen flooring.
The upload has reached roughly 805,000 views and is comfortably the channel's busiest video right now. "This House Is Becoming So Charming!!" and "My Abandoned House Is Unrecognizable!!" are also adding views, though at a much gentler pace.
Tia added about 1,000 subscribers over the week, slower than her average pace across the past month. Daily viewing has also cooled well below its usual level. Among nearby home-and-DIY channels, The Pethericks had a particularly strong week for subscriber growth, while Nick Lewis recorded no subscriber gain. Tia's renovation, meanwhile, has reached the stage where a deep new bathtub can share an episode with a stubborn strip of drywall.
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What viewers say
I haven't seen a clifhanger this intense since star trek best of both worlds aired in 1990.
@jessieb.1883See it on YouTubeI know I’m not the only one who will let out a sigh of relief when that last bit of flooring going into the kitchen gets put down. 😃
@debhalas3585See it on YouTubeI'm not a professional carpenter but I have had arches put in. They did not use drywall. They used a heavy wire mesh like metal, nailed it in and mudded it in.
@randallsokolofsky9458See it on YouTube
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You should insulate the wall between the bathroom and the front hall/mud room to help regulate the bathroom temperature and the moist environment of the bathroom
@truebluenotgreenSee it on YouTubeIt’s not to late to insulate those interior walls!
@angelabobanna7774See it on YouTubeI think you have enough room: to put a coat closet in the mudroom. It would be very convenient
@krclintonSee it on YouTube
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The videos drawing views on Tia Weston right now
- Channel
- Tia Weston
- Subscribers
- 770,000 ▲ 1,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 1,199,720
- Videos published this week
- 1
- Video published
- November 1, 2026
- Video views so far
- 804,738
- Views on its first day
- 626,963
The numbers
Here's how Tia Weston's renovation week adds up.
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In which state is Tia renovating the house featured in this episode?
Tia mentions the approaching North Dakota winter during the episode.



