@jmedgar @starcraft-custom-builders I wish I found this thread earlier. But at least before I have installed anything. I just purchased everything from SH for my new master bathroom. Plumber coming on Tuesday. This is what I purchased. Are these not safe to install? https://www.signaturehardware.com/bathroom/tub-faucets/wall-mounted-tub-faucets/wall-mount-faucet-with-english-telephone-shower-porcelain-lever-handles.html https://www.signaturehardware.com/cooper-shower-system-with-rainfall-shower-and-hand-shower.html https://www.signaturehardware.com/shannon-widespread-bathroom-faucet-with-porcelain-lever-handles.html Thank you sooo much for all your research!

Hunter, If you tub is a real old tub, it was probably a sand casting, and old sand castings are very dificult to weld. We do restoration work, and we had an old six piece metal fireplace harth, and the horizontal top (the mantel) was cracked, and a small 1 1/2" x 6" piece was broken off. None of the local shops around hear would touch the project. I ended up at our local CC talking to the dir. of the weling program, who turned the repair into a live project for one of the welding classes. We had three welds, 2 aprox 4-6" and the other Aprox 2". The metal mantel was aprox 9" D x 60" W. We were concerned that the heat from the welding would crack the top, so they chose to use TIG, and placed the mantel on a LARGE steel bench. The 1st weld went great, then as it was cooling, we started to get additional cracks in the top due to the cooling. We then placed lots of sand over the mantel, and had several students using Oxy Acc. keep the sand warm, along with the exposed portion of the mantel. The rest of the repair went extreamly well, and it took about 20-30 minutes to slowly cool down the repair work. One of the kids had one of those digital point thermoters, so we used that to monitor the cool down process. Since then, we've done some of our own repairs, using about the same process and have had good results. I hope this helps

We have lived in our 1913 Foursquare for over 7 years now. I have definately had a love/hate relationship. When people ask, what are you doing this weekend, I just want to smack them. What do you think? WORKING ON THE HOUSE. It's ALWAYS something. There's also the question, why don't you just hire someone? Sure, we could hire someone to remodel the kitchen. But what about the roof? and the siding? and the deck? and the bathroom? and the floors, walls, attic, basement, on and on and on. If you hire someone to repair everything, then you've put way more money into the house then you'll EVER get back. It gets overwhelming at times. I seriously don't know what I'd do with my free time if I didn't have this house to work on. I really resented it until one day, a few years ago my kids told me I could never sell it. That they loved this house and one day I would have to sell it to them. I was shocked. THIS house? The one we slave over and that is constantly in chaos? The same house that tells you it's NOT okay to invite your friends over, until the deck is rebuilt, b/c it's too dangerous for guests. THIS HOUSE? And that made me really rethink it. The house is huge. The house has 8inch tall baseboards and working pocket doors. The house has 2 acres of wooded yard and allows them to do what they like in the yard. This house isn't so new that they have to worry about denting the floor. But it's much nicer than the smaller ranches that some of their friends live in. The basement was remodeled for the three boys and their friends. They have sleepovers there (with extra insulation, so I can't hear them!). If they want to change their room, or we need to add something, we just knocked down a wall, or build it in. Can you really do that in a new house? This house has sucked us dry, financially and emotionally. But it also has made us rely on ourselves even more. We find out how to fix things and we teach our kids that you do NOT have to be dependant on others to get things done. In the end, it has been worth it. And with at least another 2 years (hahahahaha, isn't that funny) worth of work on the house, we will continue on. What also made me feel better was watching my friends and family with their NEW houses. I have already see two people who built houses within the last 7 years need to replace ALL of the windows in those houses. Really. Also the furnaces. One friend needed to replace the exterior doors in his 5 year old house, built in an expensive neighborhood. PLUS, the siding. Just b/c it is new doesn't mean it's done right. Watch 'Holmes on Homes' on HGTV. BIG eye opener. Sometimes, you forget how your house looks nice. I find that it's good to take pictures and look at them on the computer. When you're walking into your living room every day for a month and only see the floors that need refinished, you miss the antique fireplace mantel you bought and installed and the stone tile you added. The walls you redid and the built ins. When I take a picture and look at it, I see the beauty of the ROOM, not the damage to the floor. Also, it's good to compare the new pictures to the old ones. Were there really hearts on the country blue wallpaper? hahahaha Lastly, dealing with the PO's previous mistakes are always What were they thinking? Just when we thought we got all of them corrected, we take down the deck to find they didn't use flashing on the ledger board. Sigh. I always worry that once I remove every last trace of the 80's, it will be time to remove every last trace of this decade. :) Sorry to go on and on, but I just found this forum and I'm glad there are people here that are just like me. Working on their old home, loving it and hating it. I wonder if everyone has lists for every room, if by the time you get to that list for a room you change your mind, if you have more than 4 projects going on at a time and if you think you'll be done by the time your youngest time graduates high school. If your idea of a great Sunday afternoon is going to Menards/Home Depot/Lowes and shopping. If the guy from the local wine/coffee shop knows your name very well (coffee in the morning/wine at the end of the day)and his first question is what are you working on now? If your friends/family come to you first when they get bids from their contractors, to see what the materials would cost vs labor, because why in the world would they put in a new door by themselves, let alone go on the hunt across the internet and two states to find the perfect 100 year old door for their house, then build it into the opening? Is this a disease?

It has nothing to do at all with liking or disliking electric tankless. Neither is it so much about an opinion about something. What I don't like is unsubstantiated claims by manufacturers of all tankless units. Because they are new, there is also a lot of misunderstanding about them on these boards. All tankless units, gas and electric, are fairly expensive, particularly with installation. People should have good reliable information for determining payback and proper application. You are correct, comparing your current house to your previous house allows too many uncontrolled variables into the experiment. It's interesting that you have much lower utilities, but you can't reasonably conclude that's due to the tankless water heater. I stand by my statement that the energy factor of a decent electric tank water heater is around .95 The link below is for a 50 gal with an EF of .95 for $370. If electric tankless energy factor is .99, that's still only 4% improvement. I have tried to find actual EF ratings on a tankless electric and have had trouble finding it. I know it's very high, and What is my opinion is that I believe people are often unaware of the low flow rates of electric tankless and what means in practice. Several people have talked about the water saving (or, more accurately the gpm saving) tricks they use (shower one at a time, throttle the hot water to the washing machine, fill the bath more slowly, etc) and how it's worth it because they saving energy -- when they aren't actually saving that much (3-4%). With gas, the savings is from an EF of .63 on a standard gas or .65 on a power vent to .83 -.85 That's about a 32% gain and at much higher flow rates. The savings and flow rates are fact, my opinion is that the combination of the potential for payback and the high flow rates make the gas tankless potentially a good option over gas tank heaters if other installation costs can be kept in line. Whereas the low savings (3-4%) of the electric tankless combined with the low flow rates and very high current requirements (all facts) makes them a very bad option over electric tank heaters unless there is some other significant factor, such as the need for continuous hot water (opinion).