{"id":3668,"date":"2012-12-28T14:17:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T20:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/?p=3668"},"modified":"2012-12-31T20:45:54","modified_gmt":"2013-01-01T02:45:54","slug":"bathroom-remodel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2012\/12\/28\/bathroom-remodel\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathroom remodel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since it was the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2012_phenomenon\">End Of The World<\/a> and all, we decided that we should do a bathroom remodel! Well, actually, it was because the shower stall developed a pretty good sized crack and we figured we had to do something about it before any serious water damage ocurred.<\/p>\n<p>Technically, it&#8217;s only a half-bathroom remodel, because all we&#8217;re going to do is rip out the shower and tub, to replace them with a fancy improved shower and a storage cabinet. Also, the crappy linoleum and carpet (Carpet! In a bathroom!) is going to be ripped out and replaced with tile. We aren&#8217;t doing anything to the vanity sinks and cabinets. Maybe later.<\/p>\n<p>Anyhow, we got this all set up and ready to go for 12\/26 &#8211; when we get a call from the bathroom guys saying that they couldn&#8217;t get started because there was still a permit open on our house. An expired permit &#8211; from when we replaced the HVAC system&#8230; <i>TWO YEARS<\/i> ago. Apparently, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxservice.com\/austin\/\">Fox Service Company<\/a> never actually had the city inspection done on it. In 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that got mostly straightened out &#8211; the permit has been &#8220;renewed&#8221; and Fox is (supposedly) going to get an actual inspection done on the <i>two year old<\/i> HVAC system Real Soon Now. Whatever, we haven&#8217;t been killed by it yet, and at least the remodel can go on: which it has, starting only a day late. I call that pretty much a win.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was day 1: Here&#8217;s some pics.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3668 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/before1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/before1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3672\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3672'>\n\t\t\t\tBefore&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/before2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/before2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3673\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3673'>\n\t\t\t\tBefore&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3670\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3670'>\n\t\t\t\tDay 1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/day1-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3671\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3671'>\n\t\t\t\tDay 1\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>First part of their inspection is done, and they&#8217;re back again for the next stage.  So far, so good!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since it was the End Of The World and all, we decided that we should do a bathroom remodel! Well, actually, it was because the shower stall developed a pretty good sized crack and we figured we had to do something about it before any serious water damage ocurred. Technically, it&#8217;s only a half-bathroom remodel, because all we&#8217;re going to do is rip out the shower and tub, to replace them with a fancy improved shower and a storage cabinet. Also, the crappy linoleum and carpet (Carpet! In a bathroom!) is going to be ripped out and replaced with tile. We aren&#8217;t doing anything to the vanity sinks and cabinets. Maybe later. Anyhow, we got this all set up and ready to go for 12\/26 &#8211; when we get a call from the bathroom guys saying that they couldn&#8217;t get started because there was still a permit open on our house. An expired permit &#8211; from when we replaced the HVAC system&#8230; TWO YEARS ago. Apparently, Fox Service Company never actually had the city inspection done on it. In 2010. Well, that got mostly straightened out &#8211; the permit has been &#8220;renewed&#8221; and Fox is (supposedly) going to get an actual inspection done on the two year old HVAC system Real Soon Now. Whatever, we haven&#8217;t been killed by it yet, and at least the remodel can go on: which it has, starting only a day late. I call that pretty much a win. Yesterday was day 1: Here&#8217;s some pics. First part of their inspection is done, and they&#8217;re back again for the next stage. So far, so good!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[13,58],"class_list":["post-3668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestuff","tag-adventures","tag-home-improvement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}