Dirty birds in California


the bane of my life
Originally uploaded by telfandrea.

Monday morning rolls around and the plumber actually gets the 500 lb cast iron tub INTO the bathroom (we had to destroooy the door frame to create enough clearance) and plumbs the toilet and sink. So, the good news is we have a new, pretty toilet and sink in our one-bathroom house.

And that leads to the supremely bad news – see how that riser pipe is leaning to the right? It’s NOT SUPPOSED to lean to the right, it’s supposed to be straight. So…the plumber won’t plumb the tub because he thinks that the faucet is not made for the tub and the place we bought it from (btw, their customer service department is totally on my naughty list) says the plumber put the faucet on incorrectly. Sounds easy enough, right? It took HOURS of phone calls yesterday to arrive at this conclusion.  And now the plumber is busy with other people’s emergencies and that leaves us showerless and smelly. Seriously, you should see my hair after a week of no showers.

Bathroom Update


Floor and wall I
Originally uploaded by telfandrea.

Well, I have been too depressed (and tired and cranky) to post. As of Sunday night, this is what our bathroom looked like. We were hardcore homeowners over the weekend. I tore up the linoleum on Friday night (Telfer conveniently had to work late….) and on Saturday we finished the demolition, primed the whole bathroom and laid the tile.

On Sunday I painted and had a minor accident involving the one hole in the bathroom floor and an errant stool leg…my left leg and foot is a bruised sight to behold but I managed to hold the cup of paint and brush aloft during the episode. Always the picture of grace and coordination. Telfer hung the beadboard (corners and chair rail are NOT DONE so don’t look too closely). After I worked in the afternoon and Telfer watched the Super Bowl, we came home to finish the beadboard and grout the floor. Classically, we ran out of grout near the door at 11:00 (after Lowe’s had closed). When we fell into bed at 1:00 a.m. we were tired, but so happy that we finished everything in time for the plumber to come on Monday and install the sink, toilet and tub….