Never DIY with renos unless you know what you're doing!

My bathroom is gutted. I cannot tell you the number of time we both looked at eachother and simulatenously said "WTF?!".

There is a huge hole in the ceiling. HUGE, like 4x4 feet. It was masked by some decorative plastic backsplash. WHY is there a hole in the ceiling??

Instead of making a hole large enough to pass an extension cord through, they cut the outlet end of the cord off, and taped it back together, inside our vanity, where any leak of the sink would surly have electrocuted us. It was wired in to a non GFI outlet. Lovely.

They covered half the shower in a waterproof membrane. It wasn't placed to drain into the shower basin like it was supposed to, it drained right into the drywall. Lovely.

The grout wasn't mixed properly. They used the wrong adhesive.

They didn't grout behind the toilet.

They didn't replace the toilet O-ring when they replaced the toilet.

There are three levels different levels of plywood on the floor.

It is a miracle the in-floor heating system didn't light our house on fire.

They glued the mirror to the wall using something that looks like tar.

Ah...

At least it's all out. We are letting the dust settle (literally), and then are going to wash it out, bring our plumber in to look at the plumbing (the shower is leaking, even though the water is off), and have DH's grandpa assess the damage to the woodwork. He'll do the carpentry, hopefully put our ceiling back together, spackle, we'll put the shower base back in, put the shower backing back together properly, finish the other walls, install the panelling, have our talented tiling friend come in for the shower tiling and flooring, put the glass back in for the shower, bring in the toilet, vanity, mirror, and hopefully be done.

Properly, this time.