<p>But, hey! Let’s have it here in the Alley! We can go all out for cheap. And even if we decide to charge you the big bucks, those cyber-bucks are easy to get hold of and easier to let go than real $$. By about a cyber-mile.</p>
<p>Thanks, alumother, m&s dad, sluggie, mootie et al.
BTW, congrats to p2n!! (And my sympathies to you, p2n on the upcoming COST of a wedding 
) and congrats, Mootie on #7500!!</p>
<p>Alu- way back when, my dad drank a southern comfort manhattan. Don’t have a clue what that tastes like. Now he drinks lactaid free milk. </p>
<p>So, today involved calls to the broker, atty, etc, and multiple trips to Home Depot, Staples, CVS drugs, and Costco. Lots and lots to do. We actually got dad out of the house (no easy feat) but he came with us to cash his rebate check at Costco! </p>
<p>Well, back to the grind. That heavens my h is so helpful. Couldnt do it without him.</p>
<p>Oh… almost forgot-- thanks for the tips, sluggie. We have been in the attic to ck the roof, and bought a rubber stopper to ck the shower pan. We think the problem is the grout betweenthe tiles that is causing hte leak. Also fixing broken light sockets, and such. Such fun. Did I mention he doesnt have central a/c?? I hope I sweat off a few pounds!</p>
<p>jym–I am SO lucky–both my brothers live near my father and take care of the house things he can’t do anymore, such as getting up on the roof…which he did up to about age 84. :eek: Enough is enough.</p>
<p>jmmom–Ooooh, let’s have a wedding in SA! Open bar! A band! Dancing on the tables!</p>
<p>I enjoy reading the molliebatmit wedding thread. :)</p>
<p>Absolutely. A wedding in the Alley. I will decorate…little blinking colored lights everywhere. Old Christmas decorations like you could buy on 14th Street in Manhattan in the 70’s, flashing Santa’s. Crepe paper - remember crepe paper? Mylar balloons that we collect from used car lots saying “Celebrate!” Orchids that are past their bloom. And a disco ball up top so we don’t notice the rest…</p>
<p>And the Alley Band, Sluggson, Mootson, SBmom’s son, Aluson - wait mommusic you have music in your name? What can you contribute? If Binx shows up we can have a trumpet:).</p>
<p>Open bar. No cash bar. We are seedy but we aren’t tacky:).</p>
<p>Getting a little nervous here. :eek: </p>
<p>Mrs p2n was kind of ringing the cash register too, in all different directions. Is it acceptable to offer a modest bribe so they’ll elope?</p>
<p>Just read back a few - sorry I just burst in here oblivious to everything…jym, good luck with your family. It is not easy and we’re doing much the same with my mom and her house now. Take care…</p>
<p>Dear jym626,
You must be a really nice person to be around. You have taken years of misfortunes in such a short period of time, yet you seem so upbeat.
Many good wishes out your way.
LA</p>
<p>jym626,
So sorry to hear about your Dad. This is so hard to deal with when living nearby, and so much harder from afar. From the stores you mentioned, coupled with the fact that I recall you asking questions about NYC, I wonder if you are currently within a few miles of me. By the way, my H dealt with the leaking shower pan in his mother’s house last year and from your description, he believes your instinct is correct that the grouting may be the issue.</p>
<p>hey jym…Can I share a couple of hard-learned shower pan lessons? You may know all this already…but just in case.</p>
<p>Check your drain weepholes to make sure they aren’t clogged as well. If you have a breach (loose tiles/broken grout) causing water to get into the pan, the only way it would drain properly would be through the weepholes. If they are clogged, the water will back up and spill over the liner (pan) and run down the walls. And if your breach is grout-related, try epoxy grout for repair. It’s water-proof. If the grout is really old, replacing it all with epoxy grout might be a good idea.</p>
<p>We’ve had two big shower leaks. One was due to an ungrouted wall seam behind a built-in bench in conjuction with weepholes that were improperly clogged with grout during construction. (translation: incompetent plumbing contractor) Over time, the weepholes can also get clogged with hair and other debris. Our other shower issue was a broken valve in the faucet handle. Both were biggies and very frustrating to diagnose and fix. So I really can relate.</p>
<p>I hope things are easier tomorrow. You are such a good daughter! :)</p>
<p>While jumping on the wedding cyber-wagon, I neglected to slide into jym’s booth and offer moral support. I’m with lamom on this one, jym. Years of family misfortune have visited you in one season.</p>
<p>So, folks, maybe we should skip the moral support and show up on her dad’s doorstep with our tool boxes in hand. Extreme Home Repair, Sinners Alley style. I’ll check the caulking around the shower head and tub faucet - that’s been the weak link in my non-vast plumbing experience re leaks in the ceiling below.</p>
<p>jmson will join the band as well. He’s out jamming tonight. I fear our SASFS (Sinners Alley Sons from Space) may be a little long on the percussion, but I’m sure it will work. </p>
<p>Plus, I have always wanted to be a Wedding Singer. What’s your poison in music genre, p2n?</p>
<p>I’m there jm…after our shower issues, I’m feeling pretty confident about jymdad’s shower issues. Let me at that thing. ;)</p>
<p>Might I offer up a trumpet player and trombone player for SASFS?</p>
<p>^^We’re getting truly symphonic. Or maybe jazz-y.</p>
<p>p2n - DH wrote his DD a nice check years ago during the wedding planning stage. Encouraged her to spend it on a nice honeymoon and part of a down-payment on a house. Instead of the Big Wedding.</p>
<p>Didn’t work.</p>
<p>momfo3sons we will take them all!!!</p>
<p>The Big Wedding it is. In Sinner’s Alley we don’t follow any rules. A jazz symphony. Sure. Why not.</p>
<p>You guys clearly have the shower pan handled. I will just work on the fantasy wedding. Because I am such a good sport. Hehe.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone! I apologize for not listing all of you individually who have said such kind things-- but I am on an old dinosaur dial-up computer at my dads and I keep losing the connection. So please know I thank each and every one of you.</p>
<p>We bought a stopper to test the pan, but are still working on the tax stuff and our mtg with the acct is in the morning, so that takes priority. Even if we find the correct source of the leak, the ceiling below is a mess, so will need attention. This is also true for the ceiling in the other bathroom. So we called a neighbor and got the name of a contractor. We will only be here til Monday so will need someone to check those weepholes (??!!?) - I think those weepholes are my EYES!! </p>
<p>Yes, momof 3-- I forget exactly where you are, but I am in the “suburbs”. Sat across from some of those cute lacrosse players who are here for the Empire games when we went to McDonalds trying to find a wifi signal (ended up at Starbucks for that).</p>
<p>Had to go back to go back to Home Depot to get the right flourescent bulbs (long suckers with a different end than we first bought) for the basement, and had to go back to the chinese restaurant to get the eggplant we ordered (they gave us broccoli. No thanks!) Its all in the details, I guess. </p>
<p>Well- have to get some shut-eye. Lots more to tackle tomorrow. My dad has been having trouble sleeping–says he is worring about all the stuff that needs attention and the fact that the stock market tanked right when we have to pull $ out to do his house repairs. So if we hadn’t brought up the repairs, he wouldnt have worried :eek:. My fault??? Sigh. I will keep a stiff upper lip-- so I can have another tall and frosty! Pour away.</p>
<p>Leaking shower pan with tile, in older home: Pan probably is lead, copper, or aluminum (not likely) which has corroded. Repair is to replace pan with rubber/viny or if accessible a prefab fiberglass stall. </p>
<p>Happened to us. Sorry.</p>
<p>jym626,
Yes, I am in those same suburbs where the Empire games are being hosted. I am just trying to decide which Home Depot you visited. 
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<p>Hope that today brings better news for you and Dad! Please grab that tall and frosty when you can!</p>
<p>Alu–I am a pianist and an organist, so I will volunteer to play for the wedding, then join the band on keyboard. Woo-hoo! (Unless the happy couple prefers strings for the ceremony, or perhaps a flute/harp duo, or…?)</p>
<p>I’m missing all the wedding planning here–For some reason I’m not getting updates from this thread. I am getting updates from all the other threads I visit, however! Anyone else having this problem? (whines)</p>
<p>The following conversation took place this morning at the slugghouse… </p>
<p>sluggdadd: Hey, you know where Blech’s Pizza used to be, next to the vitamin store and the cookie place that turned into a yarn shop? A new place just opened up called, The Sushi Barn.</p>
<p>moi: Eww, I’m not going to a sushi place in a run-down strip mall. Besides, sluggbeast’s friend (a reliable source on all of the fast food places in town) said that they used to spit on the pizzas. It’s not exactly a 5-star restaurant row down there.</p>
<p>sluggdadd: Well, that’s where your dinner came from last night.</p>
<p>moi: Yeah, but that was just a burrito. I’ll eat spit in a burrito, but I refuse to eat spit on sushi. :p</p>
<p>I have some standards, y’know. :)</p>