Middle: The shower all gutted, and tub replaced. Given that December is a really bad time of year for major plumbing projects (outside temps the past few days ran from low 30s to single digits) we shelved all of that & instead focused on the shower.Īfter the nightmare of trying to find a reliable contractor & negotiating a reasonable price (no small feat, especially in Tennessee) my Dad & Stepmother financed the gutting of the shower & replacing the tub/drain/shower head & getting it all ready for Mom & Bob to come in. Now I'm no plumber, but the piping under the sink always struck me as odd, and it generally elicited a 'What in the hell.' kinda response.
Moving the toilet would require repositioning the cast iron piping (my house is close to 90 years old, though the bathroom was added on some time later) and would be a MAJOR construction project (not including needing to remove half the deck to get at the pipes from the outside). We had wanted to move the toilet and replace the sink & vanity, that is until we got some contractors looking at the plumbing in the basement. Initially the plan was to totally gut & remodel the entire bathroom but when we got to looking it, things were scaled back a bit. My folks all got together & decided to remodel my bathroom for my Christmas present this year (with various fixtures & whatnot taken care of by my sister & her fiance) and that's taken up a good portion of the past week (interrupted only by Christmas itself). Sorry for the lack of posts over the past week, its been quite busy for me. Victory was had in the end though, and I must say that to be 6'6" tall, and not have to bend over at all to wash my hair is a truly wonderful thing! Below are the before & after photos. All that work, and a mere $5-$10 in parts ground everything to a halt. going above & beyond to help us out) over the course of approximately five hours, we did get it to work. Indeed, you would think that.we thought that.and in the end while we were able to do that after countless trips/purchases & returns to Lowe's (and their guy in the plumbing dept. You would think that getting an extension for the pipe, a coupling or something would be a simple job. Then Mom put the faucet up to the pipe and 'clink', the faucet met the tile before it connected with the pipe internally.
Tile was done, grout drying, shower head & knobs attached, all was going well. Left: Bob admiring Mom's expert cutting job.Īh yes, the faucet.remember when I said we hit a snag yesterday? Well, the faucet was it.
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