Bathroom Reno

We have one final renovation to do on our house before we start over again. We've done the entire yard, the shed, the kitchen, all the bedrooms, two of the bathrooms and we just have one final bathroom. It's been Callie's bathroom for the past few years and it still had the original oak cabinets. Other than money there wasn't any reason we had waited so long. When we first moved in the inspector indicated there might be a leak in the tile so I was expecting a lot of mold and possible rot but it was surprisingly dry with no real damage. More surprising was that it was just regular drywall behind the tile. I'm not sure how that even worked considering the length of Callie's showers and the number of guests that have showers in that bathroom. Demo went smoothly and the first step was to get the plumbers in to re-pipe the old Poly-B piping which has a history of failure. The price was cheaper than I was expecting though I wasn't able to convince them to fully install the shower. They indicated $1000 meaning they didn't really want to do it.

The drama started after the plumbers were done. They installed the bathtub and hooked up the drain but didn't want to do the shower walls and now I understand why. The first issue was that when we opened the box we discovered someone had put a forklift fork through one of the walls. It wasn't very noticeable from the box but it was definitely not usable. We took it back to Lowes and picked up a new set of walls though I had now lost a weekend. I tried again the following weekend but this time the walls were the wrong size. The box said 30 but the walls were 32 and we already had a 30 inch tub. Back to Lowes but this time they didn't have another set and might not get another set in. We went home empty handed and lost another weekend. Luckily they managed to get another set and this time I was finally able to get them installed. I couldn't really do anything else until the shower was in so by now it was too late to finish before Christmas. A few long days before new years and I managed to get everything done with Kerry doing the painting. The only final issue was that the toilet hose I was given by the Plumber had a cut in it. I caught it fairly quickly but not before a bit of water damage to the ceiling below. The only thing left as of Jan 2nd is to get the new shower door installed and repair the ceiling with a bit of paint. I don't actually mind this type of reno but I don't want to do another one anytime soon. Too many other projects that are more interesting.