Thanks for the info. Can we have an old style gas water heater (in the attic) AND tankless water heater downstairs servicing the same house and gradually phasing out the fixtures (room by room) with end result of eliminating the old gas water heater after remodel complete? This post has helped me realize that my main desire is to try to do this in phases rather than one job (which I'm sure would be cheaper.) For one reason, the smaller jobs help us evaluate the contractor and decide whether we want to continue using him (he gets to evauate too). It also helps us keep from having so many "change orders" before job is done as we learn more about our 77 year old house. (think I will cross post this in the "old house" forum as well) background: I think we are committed to going forward because we LOVE our neighborhood but neighboring homes are old like ours so besides prices being quite high though footprints are small (in center of major metro area), we are afraid we would buy another old home that was in worse shape than ours and would still need to do work.

That's a lot of monorail, even for Disney. ;) As long as you're happy, that's what counts. It's your money. In regards to the photos themselves, too many filters for my taste. And some of the perspective-correcting wide angle makes me dizzy with things that should be square stretched into rhomboids. What kind of product is that countertop? Real old world craftsmen would know not to use egg & dart molding upside-down. Casey

Towel holder on door would likely look okay, but everyone will drip water all over the floor to dry their hands. I'd go ahead and drill into the masonry and do a correct installation. It's probably hard to face messing up with your new looking walls, but you'll be glad to have it done right, in the right place.

Hi. Do you list where you found the gold toilet paper roller from? I love it. Do you still like the design now that you’ve been using it a while ?