I
really want to keep perspective. My new bathroom is too small. Okay,
it's smaller than I wanted. Truthfully, it's a decent size bath; I've
had bedrooms that were smaller! It's really just the proportions that
are off. The framers made it wider and shorter than it was designed to
be (partly because of a legitimate concern and partly because of
mis-communication from the contractor to the framers). But then it was
badly compounded by the fact that no one told us, and we had to find out
days later on our own when we were measuring the room. It's not the
square footage loss that is the real problem, it's the fixture placement and
layout. I very carefully designed the room for maximum function and
aesthetics and already purchased key items, and now that's all been
thrown for a loop.
Since
it was already done and our contract said it couldn't be changed, we
settled on a pocket door to save space and allow us to use the vanities I
already bought. I had to go get the framing kit myself from a distant
lumberyard (a multi-hour ordeal) because they needed it that morning.
Then the framer, who knew we were using an original, vintage door from
the house, never measured the height of said door (which is very
non-standard, as you can imagine), and now the header and pocket framing
are installed three inches too high. I can't swap it for another door
that is standard height because the opening and cavity were framed for my specific door width. And the framing kit is fragile-looking to begin
with, so we don't know if it will survive them tearing it out and
cutting it down
and re-installing it.
We
really don't trust the framer to do anything more with the door at this
point. We wouldn't even need a pocket door if the room were the right
size! As the saying goes: good, fast, cheap; pick two. Well, I think we
only got one of those (if you don't know which one, just look back at
the title of the last week's post)!
I try to remember that at the end of all this, we will have a bathroom with shower, tub, and sinks. I just hope it has a door!
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