Progress

Hello Fans! So, finally, something interesting to show you. There will be more photos later, but for now...our new bathroom. Since the before photos were on the camera that is no more, you only get after shots. For those of you who saw the bathroom initially, you can understand the transformation more fully.

When we started tearing into the bathroom, we realized that it had been "fixed" sometime before. This fixing consisted of putting new wood over rotted wood. By the time we got to it, the new wood was also rotted. Instead of ripping the floor all the way down, we ripped up the fix and replaced it with new wood and vinyl flooring. We also replaced the entire shower with a new shower pan and we made walls to serve as a temp for the next year or so. Then we sealed the heck out of anything and everything to try to mitigate damage until we can rip it all out and start from scratch.

Things we learned from this adventure:

1. Showers are really expensive.

2. You actually put mortar down underneath fiberglass shower pans, for "stability". Weird.

3. Best to wear gloves and work fast when ripping up nasty things. Don't think, don't look closely, just rip it out.

4. Cats like to eat the grossest things.

5. Knee pads are a worthy investment.

6. Things take WAY longer to accomplish than you think, so plan accordingly.

It isn't perfect, or very big, but it is pretty neat to use a shower you made yourself.