Two days ago, we were supposed to have the glass installed on the master bath shower. Yesterday we were supposed to get the fixtures (shower head and knobs for the shower to turn it on--I'm sure there's a technical name for the knobs, but I don't know it) installed.
The glass installer guy came and was working on installing the glass, and then got annoyed because we also had guys installing the cabinet doors and they were "in his way." He didn't say anything to the guys, he didn't ask if they could move, he just left. We were a little frustrated. Especially when MWH called and the glass installer suggested that the cabinet guys should have just known that they were in his way. (Ummmmm, okay, they should have been mind readers?)
Okay, strike one against the shower. We asked the general contractor to go ahead and install the fixtures on the shower (and for the little girls) (their bathtub surround was just put in yesterday). We figured that we could shower in their bathroom until we got the glass and we knew there was a chance we'd get the glass yesterday afternoon or today.
The contractor went to install the shower fixtures (different kinds for our bathroom and the girls' bathroom) (can you see where this is going?) and he discovered that his workers installed the wrong innards on the wrong showers. No big deal right? You just switch them, right? Not after you've tiled and installed the shower surround. ARRRRGGH! Our contractor now has to cut a hole through the outside of our house and get into the master shower that way and a hole in the laundry room wall to get to the little girl's shower innards.
So why all the hassle? Why don't we just use the fixtures for the girls' shower on our shower and vice versa? Well, apparently only part of the innards of the shower were switched and now it can't be done.... I don't understand it at all. Every time MWH tries to explain it to me, I get confused. (If I had seen the plumbing stuff, I might understand, but I never saw it so I don't... Also, my sleep deprivation is preventing higher order thinking. Did I mention I'm TIRED?)
There might be a way to order a new part and fix the problem that way (instead of tearing a hole in the wall and the outside of our house). But they (MWH and the contractor) don't know whether the part exists or not and if it does, how long it would take to get it. Apparently the contractor thinks he can get us a shower within a day when he returns from the holiday (Tuesday or Wednesday).
(Really, I don't understand the problem at all... I just know that those two showers don't work.)
When MWH told me about the problem with our shower and the girls' shower, I said, "Oh, no worries, we can just shower in the guest shower." (Note to self, NEVER THINK THAT THINGS ARE UNDER CONTROL.) Strike 3, or the final nail in the shower coffin, that shower is only plumbed with hot water.
There's some funky stuff with the plumbing in this house and we don't know if when we changed one thing in the family room (moved some pipes that were visible) if something got screwed up with that shower or if it has never worked properly. To get around the problem, we had the brilliant idea to turn down the water heater so the hottest water wouldn't scald. As I tried to see if we'd gotten the water heater cool enough, we noticed that the shower is leaking.
For the time being, our shower is 4 blocks away.
The good news for the day is that our washing machine is hooked up and seems to work.
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