Bath Shower Ha Na

Our new shower – for the duration of this trip So the Mustache family is now happily living in the little vacation suite I built for us with the indispensable help of my friend and host Johnny Aloha . There are still some finishing touches to add (including paint), but for the most part everything works now. The nicest part of this place is the shower, which you can see there in the picture on the left. Ooh, ahh.. looks cozy, doesn’t it? Well I like it, anyway, and I wanted to build something that would serve as a centerpiece to this future rental unit that would anchor it in the luxury market and thus allow it to earn higher rents forever . The cool part is, it didn’t really cost much to build. Those floor-to- ceiling travertine tiles , dark slate, river rock floor stones , and even the handle and valve set were all found on Craigslist at a deep discount. The shampoo nook which keeps your wife’s shaving razors from messing with your personal space is just a few extra cuts on the tile...

Q. We have a shower stall, with ceramic tiles on the walls and floor, which was installed by the previous homeowner about seven years ago. Within a year of moving in, some of the grout started to come loose in various places in the shower. We assumed that it hadn't been properly sealed , so we had a company called The Grout Doctor come out to patch it up. At that time, the company filled in the grout and then placed some kind of silicon- type clear caulk at the joint where the wall and floor come together. We continued to have grout come loose in other places that had not been repaired, so we had the same company come out again. It re-grouted and replaced the silicone caulk -- this time putting the caulk in all of the joints -- where the walls meet, where the walls and floor meet, and where the shower door meets walls and floor. After about one year, black mold started growing in multiple spots underneath the clear silicone caulk . I assume water is getting trapped bene...