Cass Collins
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- Narrowsburg, New York, United States

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Annette English We found the Saarinen base and had the top custom made.
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catsandroses PLEASE READ THIS IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER HOME!! we did just the same thing with a first floor bath. Great for someone who can't get upstairs, needs a temporary first floor living space, etc. or so we thought..
We tore out an old fiberglass tub/surround. We do most of the work ourselves.. in this case, for a shower pan we called in a plumber who informed us of two things.. first, we needed the inside width to be 30" minimum and second the drain for a shower for our state building code must be larger than that of a tub. We would have had to rip up the floor, heating, window trim for the former and for the latter, it would have been thousands in plumbing as the basement access was not there without ripping out ceilings, adjacent bays to access, etc..
Had we known this up front, we would have kept the tub and changed other things.. as it stands now, we have a new tub and are waiting for the tile guy to take a look. the project will have gone from 2 weeks to now 2+ months. so before you leap into this wonderful idea do your homework!!
We tore out an old fiberglass tub/surround. We do most of the work ourselves.. in this case, for a shower pan we called in a plumber who informed us of two things.. first, we needed the inside width to be 30" minimum and second the drain for a shower for our state building code must be larger than that of a tub. We would have had to rip up the floor, heating, window trim for the former and for the latter, it would have been thousands in plumbing as the basement access was not there without ripping out ceilings, adjacent bays to access, etc..
Had we known this up front, we would have kept the tub and changed other things.. as it stands now, we have a new tub and are waiting for the tile guy to take a look. the project will have gone from 2 weeks to now 2+ months. so before you leap into this wonderful idea do your homework!!

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Dave Dickerson painted our home exterior this year. He did a great job of prepping, which is key to any good paint job, and painting. It was a huge job and he h...
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