This post is dedicated to our friends who let us shower at their houses.

When the lovely plumber Randy, from Randy Rodgers Plumbing, finally arrived... amazing things began happening very quickly. Old pipes were ripped out, new were pipes put in, and city permits were filed. 

Then we went for a visit to Hippo Hardware.
Whew.  Think 3 stories of old, new and even older hardware piled everywhere you look.  (This nice little notice was discretely posted near the toilets.) A fantastically helpful plumbing guy refurbished our old shower and tub hardware and sold us this beautiful new faucet.  Now we can't wait to use it!