{"id":2634,"date":"2017-11-27T18:56:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T01:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/?p=2634"},"modified":"2017-11-27T18:56:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T01:56:51","slug":"bathroom-renovations-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/2017\/11\/bathroom-renovations-patience\/","title":{"rendered":"Bathroom Renovations and Patience"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>My family and I moved into an older farmhouse September 2016. I fell in love with the home immediately, all the while knowing there would be renovations. One project at a time, I told my husband and my dad, who also lives with us. My dad isn\u2019t a <em>one project at a time<\/em> kind of guy, though, so painting, landscaping, counter tops, floors, and more commenced. We decided to put the bathroom renovation on hold, but then we noticed the wall under the shower buckling and it felt wet. I called in a contractor to re-tile the shower. A three day job. He started early in the morning and then the contractor called out, \u201cKristy, you need to see this.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2640\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/2017\/11\/bathroom-renovations-patience\/bathroomreno1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2640\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2640\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/222\/2017\/11\/bathroomreno1-300x140.jpg\" alt=\"During a bathroom remodel we found water damage from a leak and mold. \" width=\"300\" height=\"140\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">During a bathroom remodel we found water damage from a leak and mold.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2641\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/2017\/11\/bathroom-renovations-patience\/beforeafter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2641\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2641\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/222\/2017\/11\/beforeafter.jpg\" alt=\"While we waited for the main bath to be remediated, our contractor fixed up this bath for us. \" width=\"709\" height=\"960\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">While we waited for the main bath to be re-mediated, our contractor fixed up this bath for us.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It wasn\u2019t good. It was water damage and scary mold where the insurance company and mold remediation contractors had to get involved. &lt;If ever in this situation make sure to get several bids. We found that many mold remediation companies to have questionable ethics as you are in a frightening state and they\u2019re okay with preying on that.&gt;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/2017\/11\/bathroom-renovations-patience\/image3-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2642\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2642\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/222\/2017\/11\/image3-1-e1511833205101-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"image3 (1)\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"><\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/2017\/11\/bathroom-renovations-patience\/image4-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2644\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2644\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/222\/2017\/11\/image4-2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"image4 (2)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\"><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2645\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ahappymedium\/2017\/11\/bathroom-renovations-patience\/image1-8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2645\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2645\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/222\/2017\/11\/image1-8-e1511833651766-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"Today we have a wall!\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Today we have a wall!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>My dad was pouting. He didn\u2019t want to put up the Christmas tree or decorate, and then we received a happy call from our contractor telling us that he would be spending the next couple weeks with us early. And we now have a wall, and the Christmas tree is up.<\/p>\n<p>So what was supposed to be one easy bathroom renovation ended up in two, and a lot of patience.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Justin from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BigJsHomeProjects\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Big J\u2019s Home Projects<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lapeerwaterdamage.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Rapid Response Restoration<\/a>, and State Farm Insurance company.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My family and I moved into an older farmhouse September 2016. I fell in love with the home immediately, all the while knowing there would be renovations. One project at a time, I told my husband and my dad, who also lives with us. 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