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Step one really should be “New Tub”. A nice two-person claw-foot, but (1) we can’t afford the upgrade yet, (2) we wouldn’t have room in the bathroom for the upgrade yet even if we did, and (3) we haven’t been able to find a cast iron two-person tub.

What’s with this acrylic, cast-iron look? Madness, that’s what. But that’s another rant.

The original plan, when the faucet was just leaky, was to endure the old taps et al., until we could replace the whole tub. Leaky might be costing us a bajillion dollars in water, but it makes the kitties happy, and the constant ::drip-drip-splat:: doesn’t really drive me insane. Really.

But about 2 weeks ago, we lost nearly all water pressure to the shower nozzle.

It dribbles sadly.

I have hideous camp flash-backs every morning.

So we brought in a plumber, who cleaned the whole shebang out, and said, and I quote, “the water pressure is better now.” Also the drip. Not fixed, just better.

Which is plumber-speak for don’t call us again, until you get real hardware, with replacement parts which are still available in this century.

The water pressure is not better, and the kitties still drink from the tub, and the constant ::drip-drip-splat:: actually IS driving me insane.

So we’ve started checking out new tub hardware, with a vague eye towards what will be appropriate with the glimmer-in-my-eye tub as well as the current.

And the choices so far suck.

We purchased a century home, affectionably dubbed “Fixer-upper”. But where the bathroom is concerned, all affection evaporates.

It is… unpleasant. in so many ways, that I’m emotionally unable to detail all the things wrong with it in one go. The plumbing retrofit was poorly done at the time, and poorly maintained since.

But the cycle of neglegent ownership ends now!

p.s., By “now”, of course, I mean some unspecified, slightly richer point in the future. This is passionate inaction we’re engaging in.

A night beach sizzling with thunder storms (Alabama coast, where else?). The electricity in the air will make you laugh, and when you throw your head back gasping, you choke. Be on top ^.~