The hole in our kitchen

Here's the lovely corner of our kitchen!

It's been repaired four times. Yes, four. We keep it open to 1. dry it out, 2. make sure it's not dripping.

This is directly below our main shower. We had all sorts of people look at it. One guy came with dye so they could confirm that it was in fact, coming from the shower and to make sure it wasn't a pipe. I was convinced that it was from a pipe but no, the conclusion was that the water is leaking out of the "joints", the rubber stuff between the tiles and base of the shower (help! I'm forgetting English!!)

While we were in California, Daniel had the whole base of the shower replaced. The cleaning lady said it was a mess. The original one was plastic and the repairman said that it moved to much, breaking the seal of the rubber along the edges. So we now have a ceramic one but yet again, it leaked. He said that the cleaning products used on the tile broke the seal. Whatever...

That whole wall is damaged and this is why we're replacing the kitchen. That was a foreseen project but this whole leak story has moved the project up a bit. Now we're arguing about how to arrange it, what kind of cabinets, etc. to get. We're only decided on the sink and floor! It's going to be a long battle (especially when he pointed out how "great" a burnt orange kitchen was, a la 1960's...)