As mentioned a few posts back, Tommy began tearing out our bathroom shower while the kids and I were in Dallas.Our bathroom is the original everything from 1967! It's really awful and old. I guess I'm calling us old too because Tommy and I were born the same year our house was....
We've known we were going to remodel it at some point but didn't have the funds, the time, or the mental capacity to do so until now.
In his demo, he got to a stopping point because he thought we had termites once he got to the exposed wood in the external wall. Termitrol came yesterday (they are so great, you should use them if you need an exterminator and you live in our area) and he said it was just carpenter ants. That's wonderful news! About $50 bucks for some ant bait as opposed to a potential $1000+!!
So, Tommy came home last night after work and began tearing out the thick tile & cement shower floor and the shower pan. There's alot of really wet and rotten wood down there. This is a huge set back but I'm going to call our insurance today and see what they say. We had a bathroom leak in a previous house and it was the same situation and insurance paid to remodel the whole thing. That would be a blessing too!! The wood damage that is there is more than we know how to fix so we'll have to call someone in with or without insurance.
I'll keep you "posted" on the progress - cause I know you care...........
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