Bathroom Remodel...

It all started with brown water. Yep, after being away almost a month on vacation, we found the water coming out of our faucets was a very interesting shade of brown. So we decided to bite the bullet and get our all old galvanized plumbing replaced with copper piping.

an estimate, and came back a week later to do the work. We really liked him & his entire crew. They did a great job, and seemed genuinely interested in making sure they did the right thing.With a recommendation from a friend, we found Pat Gomm from Budget Plumbing. He gave us They discovered during a previous bathroom remodel, the vertical plumbing had been replaced with copper pipes, so we'd save ourselves $500 and not have extra holes in our walls. As it turned out, the only holes we ended up with were behind the water heater (which they fixed) and in the back of a closet - so that we could replace our old gold shower fixtures with very nice Hansgrohe fixtures - similar to the these pictured.

We asked them not to patch the hole in the back of the closet, so that we could get some practice repairing drywall in a not-so-visible area. My friend Andy came over with some materials to help get me started, and pretty much took care of the hole & the first coat of spackle.

Well - since we have the spackle & drywall tools out, we started fixing little holes here and there. Including cracks & holes in the bathroom wall, etc. Then after a few sandings and coats, things were pretty smooth, so we did a primer/sealant coat & two coats of "morning glow" paint. We still need to install the bathroom fan & prime/seal & paint the ceiling & trim. But it actually looks pretty good now!

I'm not looking forward to getting the asbestos popcorn ceiling off - but that's probably next on the list of home improvements.