Catching up.... the master bathroom

And so it began. With a dripping shower head. It started out really slow. It got a bit faster and faster as the time went on. After a couple months it was almost a steady stream of water. We could fill a five gallon bucket in a few hours. Yeah, just imagine what it was doing to our water bill....

And then the sewer backed up into our master shower. Again. Yes, it stunk. A LOT. Well, we couldn't have 5 gallons of water every 3 or 4 hours adding to the already filled and plugged shower pan. So to make a long story short, David busted into the wall and capped off the water.

Fast forward and we experienced yet another back up. (pictured, with the lovely plunger and plumbing snake too!) After this final backup, we got serious, and started busting out the floor to finally FIX the problem. The house was originally plumbed wrong.  Curse them. 

So here are a few shots of the demo and what we found and ended up fixing.

Notice the hideous pee greenish/blueish tile.

You can't tell from this picture, but this hole is almost 2 feet deep into the ground.  This is where the original plumber messed up.  Bad.  We (meaning our good plumber friend Billy and David) worked out the kinks and re plumbed a few things.  Then it was finally time for rebuilding our mess.

The wall had to be built out because of a smaller shower stall.  Beautiful work by my man.  The new shower installed.  (Painting courtesy of my wonderful sisters, bro-in-law, and lil' 'ol me).

And to fill in the space that was left, we opted for a coordinating tile.  (The green that was used on the floor was 'out of print'.)  Looks pretty huh?  I had mixed feelings about leaving my beautiful, finally finished bathroom.  I got to use our brand new shower three times before we left... =(

Next up, the laundry room (AKA the dungeon)....