u/HouseyLATA

With bonus pictures of whoever gave a drunk child a hole saw…

Curious if this is “good enough” for a high priced bathroom remodel. Obviously they have to caulk anyway, but…the gap seems a bit much.

GC looked at it this morning, and it’s getting replaced since they miscut the profile of the sill, took a chunk from the corner of another, and didn’t do one side of a backsplash. Love you all. 😘😘

Most of the way through our bathroom remodel, and while there have been a whole ton of stupid things that we’ve caught them doing…this one might take the cake.

Original here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Plumbing/s/fDOfMHf2qz

First, I want to thank everyone for the previous comments and affirmation I wasn’t crazy.

New tub installed today, since they damaged the flange in the old tub. They seem to have managed to put the mortar bed in…just, again, without the plastic layer between the mortar bed and wood subfloor like was requested. Not sure why that’s so hard.

Question - are these the correct screws they’re using? I feel like they should be flush against the flange…not protruding. Yeah?

I previously posted about the drift roses at our new house. They’re doing great with some watering and fertilizer adjustment as well as some trimming. One thing that got brought up is that they had been landscaped in rock, and it was suggested to get mulch.

We went to our local nursery place and picked up two different mulches…unknowingly. Lol. Both are made from local, organic, undyed materials, but one is much finer and almost soil-like. The other is much chunkier and barky. The finer one seems to hold moisture much longer, which I’m guessing may be less preferred? Does one of these look more suitable? For reference, we live in a high desert climate (80-90 in the summer, sunny, sometimes monsoons but no luck this year, on drip irrigation).

Located in northern Arizona, 7000’ mountain area. It doesn’t seem to be considered invasive to our area. Does that mean it’s fine to keep?

Hey all. Bathroom remodel in progress. The plumber installed the bathtub on Friday. We specified, because it’s the manufacturer’s specification, that it be installed on a mortar bed. Check it Friday night, no mortar bed.

We called them on it and told them it needed to be done properly which, to our understanding, is subfloor, then a piece of some sort of underlay, then mortar, then tub is set in it.

This is today, after they cut up some studs.

A few questions to make sure we’re not being overly picky:

1. The mortar bed should actually be in contact with the tub…yeah?
2. There should be something between the wet mortar and the subfloor?

We’re already planning to bring up that the only tub protection is the plastic sticker layer. Doesn’t appear any drop cloth was used while cutting up studs and making a mess inside the tub.

Hi all. We just moved into our new house, and there are a handful of rose bushes. We’ve never had roses before, but we want to make sure we’re caring for them properly. My best guess…are these drift roses?

Most of them look to be doing very well. The one in the second picture seems to be struggling a bit. Are there any obvious clues about what the second one seems to be getting too much or not enough of?

We read up on fertilizer and just grabbed some from the store, so this years growth (we’re assuming) is with no added nutrients, just the water from the irrigation system.

We’re in a high elevation climate (7000’) with hot summers and cold, snowy winters.

Any suggestions on what the second rose might need to help it thrive would be appreciated. Or if anything stands out from the first picture. I’m guessing it may need a bit of a prune later in the season. 🙂

Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/aoI7Vrz

Hi all. We have 3 of these posts surrounded by stone on our porch. They’re obviously in need of new caulk and paint, as well as sealing up the gaps. Some gaps are bigger than others. My two thoughts on fixing the gaps are:

1. expanding foam, mortar on top, caulk
2. foam backer rod in the gap, mortar, caulk

Does one solution work better than the other in this case?

Hi all. We have 3 of these posts surrounded by stone on our porch. They’re obviously in need of new caulk and paint, as well as sealing up the gaps. Some gaps are bigger than others. My two thoughts on fixing the gaps are:

1. ⁠expanding foam, mortar on top, caulk
2. ⁠foam backer rod in the gap, mortar, caulk

Does one solution work better than the other in this case?