Construction Next 1 Weeks

My lovely wife, who I call "La Patrona" for reason which will become obvious, decided to renovate our kids' bathroom. Stands to reason; we haven't changed the bathrooms in the four years since we built the house.

It's a small room, about 10'X5'. We originally had a claw-foot bathtub in there because we thought that would be cool. Having a claw-foot bathtub as your only bathing option for 4 kids (aka "The Horde") is not a good idea. So we are going to put in a shower.

On the suggestion of some friendly folks over at TexAgs, we called Wilson Plumbing to come look at it and give us an estimate. We called on a Tuesday, they came out on Wednesday, only 30 minutes late (which is extremely punctual for a plumber). The estimate was ready on Thursday - $982. Urk.

So now La Patrona is casing the plumbing supply stores for a diverter valve (she wants 2 shower heads) and some fixtures. I am watching my bank account evaporate before my eyes. Goodbye Evil Black Rifle, I never even got to own you.

The plumbers are due to begin demolition on Wednesday and finish construction on Thursday. They will just be moving a drain about 20 inches (in a concrete floor - ought to be loud) and run some pipes in the wall. La Patrona's mom & stepfather are interior designers and will lay the tile and build out the rest of the shower.

I'll try to get some pictures of the effort up on the site so everyone can see what's going on.

Edit:

Here's a picture of the bathroom now. You can see the stubs of the waterlines and the drain on the left-hand side at the back of the room. Click here for a larger picture. Also note the cheesy garage sale picture on the wall.