Remember me? (update: more bathroom news)

[Catherinedana]

Maybe some of your issues are caused by living in that toxic environment! This might actually be your road to better health. !!!

[Asiel]

Yup, things look really complicated right now. The carpenter was here this afternoon, and he even suspects the kitchen wall being affected, too. If that's the case, it has to be removed, too. Guess that means I cannot stay here, for the time being.

Turned out that the damage of the outer wall was not caused by the broken tiles but by the window which is slightly aslope. Also, someone has blocked the draining holes of the window frame, so rainwater remained inside the frame and leaked into the wall - probably over decades!! Now they want to try to make it an insurance thing - because this is something that's clearly been messed up by the company that installed the windows once.

Learned an hour ago that the carpenters will be here tomorrow at 8, trying to replace the rotten beams in the wall. Please keep your fingers crossed that they won't have to remove the kitchen wall as well!

Kirsten as bad as this might sound I'm sort of praying that the whole kitchen has to be replaced as well as your bathroom. If you could find somewhere else to stay until the work is finished that would be great. From reading your posts I think you've been living in extremely toxic conditions for a long time.If everything is so rotted and has been for so long then removing and replacing everything is the only solution as bad as it sounds. I really believe a lot of your health problems are related to the mess they found and you can be sure you have black mold in there which is the worst thing you could be living in. Out here the landlady would be responsible for paying for other living accomodations while the work is being done but I don't know how it works out there. I hope everything will get done as fast as possible and you can get peace again.

[anna_66]

Kirsten as bad as this might sound I'm sort of praying that the whole kitchen has to be replaced as well as your bathroom. If you could find somewhere else to stay until the work is finished that would be great. From reading your posts I think you've been living in extremely toxic conditions for a long time.If everything is so rotted and has been for so long then removing and replacing everything is the only solution as bad as it sounds. I really believe a lot of your health problems are related to the mess they found and you can be sure you have black mold in there which is the worst thing you could be living in. Out here the landlady would be responsible for paying for other living accomodations while the work is being done but I don't know how it works out there. I hope everything will get done as fast as possible and you can get peace again.

I was thinking the same thing.

[Catlady711]

I so understand your frustration with mushrooms in your bathroom. I've had them in my basement.


I hope they get things done there for you pretty quick so things will settle down and you'll have a nice home when it's done.

[Kirsten]

Well, the carpenter is here right now, replacing the rotten wood in the walls and adjusting the window. Luckily, he could save the kitchen wall! And yes, he agreed that I lived in a very unhealthly environment. Okay, my health is ruined anyway, but I hope the girls will be alright!

Catlady711, I can feel your pain re. the mushrooms!
This is how mine looked like:



Totally disgusting, isn't it?

But in the end, it turned out these mushrooms were a good thing; if the tiles did not break and this did not happen, no one would have noticed the damage in the wall, caused by the window!


Oh, forgot to say... Luna and Lily are wonderful; they're in the bedroom with me, and they are really good girls and accept the situation without complaining. I'm so proud of them!!

[anna_66]

Wow that's crazy

I'm glad your girls are being so good. Makes a stressful situation much easier to deal with.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Wow!!! Those mushrooms sure are big. I expected them to be very tiny and hardly noticeable. I hope that everything will go smoothly and that you'll have a brand new bathroom very soon. I'm glad that Luna and Lily are being such good kitties through all of this. I also hope that this will make a huge difference in your health for the better of course.

[Karen]

Kirsten, if the mold and unhealthy air were contributing to your health problems, luckily, when the construction is done and all the icky stuff gone, the cleaner air should actually help you feel better!

I am soooo glad the girls are being good about all this - that's a comfort at least!

[Kirsten]

I really hope I will feel a bit better, once this is fixed!
And yes, the mushrooms were big, it's disgusting!


Meanwhile, the rotten wood has been removed and replaced, and they have also adjusted the window. Tomorrow, they will do all the plaster work around the new beams, and will start building the setting for the new tub.


Here are some more pictures...

This one shows a part of the old surroundings of the tub after some of the tiles have been removed. You can easily see all the mold:




This is what my bath was looking like this morning, with the rotten wood around the window:




And the current state, with the new wooden beams, and foam around the adjusted window:

[Karen]

Wooo hoo! Progress already!

[carole]

Oh Kirsten i really feel for you right now, with your illness, isolation you feel and what is going on with the bathroom, it seems never ending and so unfair, i too have health issues,so i know how low one can get at times, it is overwhelming at times, but i am so fortunate to have my husband and children around me, and a few friends,i can really empathise with you completely.

Is there a support group near you, maybe that might help you to get through the hard days,you might be able to make some new friends there who are closer by, just a thought.

I Certainly hope after all the inconvenience of the bathroom issues, you will indeed enjoy a more pleasant environment and health and well being.

Know even though i am thousands of miles away, i am thinking of you and wishing you a happier and brighter future with less sad days, and painfree days as well,sending you my love and a ton of positive vibes, you take care now.

P.S i always find my kitty girls, are there for me in times when i am so low,they always offer unconditional love and ask so little in return, not like our human friends and family lol.

[Medusa]

Looks like things are making progress already, though, Kirsten. Bet you'll feel better physically, too, when all is finished.

[Asiel]

Wow Kirsten I thought you meant little tiny hardly visible mushrooms. And the rotted out wood...those conditions are a lot worse that what I thought you were describing. If anything like that ever surfaced in a house out here everyone would be evicted at the landlord's expense of course, and the building would be condemned until it was properly fixed and inspected by the city council.
I'm sure your health will improve after all this stuff is removed and replaced. Hopefully the fur babies will continue to be good and everything will be over with as quickly as possible.

[Catlady711]

Kirsten - your mushrooms beat mine in size and yours are prettier. lol Hopefully they'll be done soon and you'll be healthier for it when it's done. When those guys are done, if they do a good job, can you ship them over to the U.S. and have them do my basement? lol

[Catty1]

I hope you feel better and more positive as you see the new structures taking shape. It would be so WONDERFUL if your health improved too! I feel sure it will, seeing all the crap in the walls etc!