I have now taken three whole, long, completely marvelous showers in my new enclosure. I had no idea my house could have something so wonderful! Lest you think I now live and bathe in relative splendor, however, I remind you that nothing – NOTHING – in this house is EVER straightforward and easy. The pics at Flickr will tell the story, and show the pathetic condition of my new pleasure dome.
There are still a couple of leaky things, but nothing that can’t be fixed. I just have to take/find the time to do it. Since nothin’ is simple, though, I think it’s only fair that I list a few repercussions of this effort.
1. Neither toilet will shut off by itself, due to the incredible force of air bubbles left from draining the water lines.
2. One toilet now also leaks at the tank, although I suspect the water demons that are haunting me rather than the plumbing we’ve done.
3. The tub faucet had to have washers replaced because I had to USE it while the shower was under construction. I would put money on those being the original washers, but hopefully that’s not the case. Surely SOMEbody repaired them within the last 65 years. When I removed the stems to do the repair, the whole unit was just crumbling. I will have to change out the whole fixture if I keep using it.
4. There is still a leak in the shower faucet. The patch I put on it actually made it WORSE.
Of course, there’s the fact that I now have a shiny new shower and really crappy everything else. My White Trash Shower will serve me well for now, though, and since there will most likely not be another human being in this house within the next 2 years, I don’t care about the rest. Much.
Maybe some paint, a little tile, a few pieces of paneling… you know, small stuff.
HEY! LOOK! Something shiny!
-me
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