Good Things Come to Those Who Wait....I Think!

So after a month of having things all out of their place, they are finally back where they belong. I didn't get a 'before picture,' but you can picture it in your head while I paint it for you. There was a toilet in our shower, the door frame into the toilet room (straight ahead in the picture) was cutout half way, flooring ripped out, no trim on the bottom and big fans blowing in there with a dehumidifier.

Let me take you back to what started it all.

I noticed the carpet in our closet (just on the other side of the wall from our sinks) was wet. I didn't think anything of it because some people (I'll let my husband remain nameless) throw wet towels in the dirty clothes pile in our closet. The next day I picked up some other clothes and they seemed more wet than a wet towel could get them, so I asked Livi if she'd spilled water in my closet (she's known to take water in weird places). She volunteered that she had. I asked her again later and her story changed. Later that evening, I walked into my closet and my foot was wet. I knew there's no amount of water Livi could spill that could create this totally soaked wet carpet. I ended up pulling the carpet back and the padding was all wet. I pulled it back and put some fans on it to let it dry out. The next day, I noticed the foundation was wet on the outside of the house (on the other side of our shower and tub). I didn't think much about it until it happened the next day and no other part of the foundation was wet. So, I called up the supervisor and said to him "Keith, you told me to call you if I ever had a problem." I explained the situation and he said that the builder would cover the repairs (even though we've been in our house for over 2 years and out of warantee for 1 yr. ) if it was something that we didn't do. He said someone would be by to check it out in the next couple of days. I called him back the next day because now half my closet was wet and even though I'd put two big fans on it, it still didn't dry out. To make this long story not longer than it has to be.....after cutting about 8 holes they found out what was wrong. The pipe that goes to our shower was leaking in the wall between the closet and bathroom. After mold remediation, dry wallers, painters, plumbers, and tilers, we now have a new bathroom. We originally had laminate and after talking with the supervisor, I offered to pay for the tile if they'd install it. So, $60 for a new bathroom isn't too shabby! The long moral of this story is....good things can come, even a month later!