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We can haz.

This saga has been running for some weeks now, but we now have fixtures fixed and the unit and countertop in place, even if there are further things that have to happen.

I don't suppose anyone remembers the Great Bath Crisis of around this time of year in 2005, involving the replacement of the existing bath with a new one, and several visits from the plumber to get the water to run at more than a feeble trickle.

The new one was white, which did not go with the rest of the fixtures, which were:

A totally 70s dark chocolate brown (I don't think this was ever a great idea, and it was an even worse one in a hard water area where limescale goes with the territory).

At that time we were having enough of an upheaval and flurry of expense not to want to redo the whole thing, but this finally came up as a desideratum round about the New Year (fine cracks in the fabric).

So we now have basic white bathroom appurtenances of modern design and more eco water-use habits, AND a pump for the shower/bath-tap for a more powerful flow.

Plus a cupboard under the sink and a really useful counter-top.

There is some tweakery that needs doing with the cupboard unit, plus decorating, new carpet, and a further cupboard putting in, but we have, with, on the whole, relatively little inconvenience (one day without a functional bathroom sink, apart from the waiting in for deliveries/workmen) a working bathroom.