bathroom repairs

Our tub/ shower has to be replaced due to leaking... thought I'd document with some before/ during/ after shots. This has been a long time coming - we've been through some different repairmen and tried more temporary fixes in the past several months... We are really hoping that this does the trick!

Our major clues we had a problem were the wall next to the shower and the light fixture in the hallway below. It became a more urgent problem when the water started dripping out around the light fixture onto the first floor hallway floor every time the shower was used.... fun times. Some press n seal and duct tape held us over until now with that particular problem.

Pretty, isn't it? Ugh.

And while we're at it... Caleb for some reason CANNOT work this faucet, which has become a problem as he is finally now not using pull ups overnight, and usually is up before 6 to go. Which means I have to be up to help him wash his hands. Have I mentioned I am NOT a morning person?

Here's the whole thing... rather messy, but it's our only full bath and well, these are the before pictures. They aren't supposed to be pretty.


While I'm at it, I might as well show you what the room looked like when we first moved in. These are my parents helping Ian have a bath when he was about 9 months old. Unfortunately you can't see the nasty black plastic base"boards" and the old vinyl flooring which was shrinking away from the wall revealing the sub flooring.

The moral of this story: the McElheny family will NEVER again be purchasing a "fixer-upper" home if we ever move!