Day Thirty-Six

Well. Remember how everyone was saying how smoothly the project had gone and wasn't it great? We should have not said those things.

Today started with Kevin coming to get things set up for the plumbers and do some touch-up paint and finish work. The plumbers arrived right after Kevin. Immediately, we had some "issues". There was talk about pipes, flanges, connections...... when the new floor surface was put in and tiled, an extension should have been done on the toilet piping. Then they turned to the shower. Where they had planned to put the vertical holding bar for the hand-held piece overlapped with where the corner shelves had been put. So we had a lot of discussion on remedies for that issue.

Scott was called in. Another plumber (owner of the plumbing company) was called in for his opinion. I stayed out of the way. The final decision was that Kevin would take a special tool and dig up the concrete around the toilet connection so it could be cut off and an extension put in. Hooray, for Kevin! He did that without having to take up any of the new floor tile. Then the extension work was done and mortar mixed and put in place around it. As I type, it is drying. While Kevin was digging, the plumbers were installing faucets, and handles and such. The sinks both work. There is ample water pressure in the shower. Actually, the body sprays can shoot water clear down onto the end wall! This is all good news, because there had been early discussion on whether we would have enough pressure to even do this.

When the plumbers were done and gone, Kevin went back to work with the touch-ups and marking out the placement for installing grab bars and towel bars. In the process of drilling the holes for this, all his batteries went dead. And he had several. So since it was almost 4:00 he called it a day and cleaned up a bit.

I did not take pictures today. Since Kevin will return early in the morning, he just put all his tools in the bathroom. The assorted bars and hardware are spread out in there, mortar is drying, and quite frankly, it's not too neat looking at the moment. All in all, it was a very busy day, but not a lot of visible progress. But it will get better, so onward we go.

Happy 99th Birthday, Mom!