This Should Work

In preparation for our new born, we are replacing our shower stall with a bathtub/shower combo. This is something we have been meaning to do for a while, and we thought we should get it done before the baby arrives.

A friend recommended a local contractor who has turned out to be awesome. When I first met him for the estimate I thought that this short, thin guy with glass and big hair looked more suited to programming computers than remodeling houses. After he reviewed the site, told what our options were, and gave us a quote, my wife and I asked him to come back this week and start working.

He started the demolition on Monday and discovered two very disturbing things behind walls:

1. He found what he thought was a large shiny object, but turn out to be something he described as “a primordial pool” underneath shower floor. Apparently a basin wasn’t placed correctly and a years of condensation created a small, smelly pool of liquid.
2. He also found, maybe six inches from the pool, an electrical junction box! I’m not a expert when if comes to electrical work, but I would guess that an electrical box should not be that close to any water supply.

My wife was afraid that we would need to call an electrician to fix this problem, but our contractor said he would take care of it and move the box further away from the bathroom. I feel fortunate that we hired such a person who will do such a thorough job as to go beyond what he was hired to do in order to make things safer for us.

Last night he stayed a little longer to ensure that we could at least take a bath and hopefully by the end of today we’ll have a new tub/shower.

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