House repairs

[niall_shapero]

The workers are between a third and a half done. The upstairs bathroom is currently unusable, and the downstairs bathroom is only partially usable (the toilet works, thank heavens). They haven't been bad - though one of them managed to trip the circuit breakers by not paying careful attention to the loads they had already put on the electrical system. But it is a terrible pain in the posterior, and trying to get work done at the same time is almost impossible.

Meanwhile, I have been reduced to sponge baths for some five days, and I am getting ROYALLY sick of it. With luck, the shower should be available again Real Soon Now...

Comments

[seawasp]

Yeah, when I had my bathrooms done years back, it was an ABSOLUTE IRONCLAD RULE: you do ONE at a time so we have one bathroom COMPLETELY working at all times.

The joys...

[niall-shapero.livejournal.com]

of 20/20 hindsight. I had thought that the downstairs bathroom would be available - but they had to rip out the ceiling, and then do some other work which made even the toilet difficult to get to.

(I have a sweater that my daughter helped me get paint off -- I brushed against the fresh paint, you see...)

I will be much happier (and sadly wiser) when this madness is done...

[doodlesthegreat.livejournal.com]

The last time one of our neighbors had to have both bathrooms shut down for plumbing repair, we let them use ours for a couple of days. Same for their laundry.

Yes...

[niall-shapero.livejournal.com]

The real problem is the lack of the shower; I'll admit I toyed with the idea of asking our friends the Golds if I could use their shower, but I couldn't quite get up the nerve (ok, I know it's silly, but ...)