Red Lover here a couple pictures of our shower base. Sorry they are not the best quality pictures. And I tried 3 times to re-size them but the first one keeps showing up very big. We had our shower base custom sized but they also have standard sizes. It was done by our fabricator in Wisconsin but the company has a couple distributors elsewhere. You might be able to find a local fabricator that makes them. The name of the company is Buffalo Stone.You can get more information and pictures from their website: http://buffalonsp.com/index.html

With what this country is going through right now, I don't think there is an American alive who does not understand Corporate Greed. But it's a big mistake to think that the Chinese don't have an understanding of greed as well. Every month there is a report in the papers or on tv about problem products coming from China and/or their lack of concern regarding the environment. No one knows if this company knew the products were defective, that IMHO is jumping to conclusions, but at least we have the ability to hold them accountable whether they knew or not. When ever possible, I buy American regardless of the cost. Sometimes if I see something I want was made in China, I don't buy it at all! Why? Because the quality usually sucks and it's getting harder to feel confidence in the products imported by them. Plain and simple. Just so you know...I didn't post this so the forum could have a debate over the politics of it. I posted this because there are a lot of folks in this forum who live in the states that were mentioned in the report. I thought it could help someone who may be experiencing problems due to their infected drywall.

Re the high demo costs, I wonder if there is some greater cost in a place like Seattle than in other locations. Meaning that here in semi-rural Alabama, the guys show up, take it out, throw it on an uncovered home-made trailer and haul it to the dump where a load costs $5. Perhaps in Seattle there are issues with required clothing, breathing protection, parking, tarps/hauling requirements and higher disposal costs (where is the dump?). All that being said, it still seems high. But I think it sounds high because he said it was "$150 an hour." Whereas if he had just said "we'll demo and haul away for another $150" it wouldn't sound so bad. Because I don't see how it takes a crew much longer than an hour.

It took me a month but I did call a glass company and the mirror is now gone! It was funny, I called around and got quotes for $200, $150, and $75. I asked the guy who would do it for $75 to come and do the job. I explained that it was 81 inches by 67 inches but I think his English was limited. He showed up today all alone! So he said, "That's too heavy for one person." and I thought he went to his truck to call in backup. He came back with his ladder and a suction cup and started to yank this huge 1/4 inch thick mirror off the wall. It popped right off with about 6 repositions of the suction cup. He asked if I wanted it in my garage. I said, "No, you're going to haul this away for me." He said, "No, I will cut it up and put it in the garbage." I was skeptical but I went with it. Then it was loose and he kept saying, "This is too heavy for one person. It weighs 300 pounds." So I watched as he cut the mirror into two pieces and lowered them to the floor. He cut those into long strips. Then he carried the strips outside where he found three trash cans on the cul-de-sac to spread the weight (it was trash day, yay!) and cut the strips into small pieces. The trash truck rolled by within the hour so my neighbors will never know that we borrowed their cans. There are some circles of mastic remaining on the wall, no big deal. The mirror was glued to the builder's original beige primer, so we know it was original to the house (1985). I have a painter coming in an hour to give me an estimate, I'm so glad it is not a huge mess for him. Thank you to everyone who weighed in on this project! I wanted to pick a paint color before I removed the mirror and that took me a month! We chose Benjamin Moore Concord Ivory- I can't wait until it's done!