Breezeway 14: ugh wiring and unrelated stuff

So when I said two posts ago that the Nest thermostat wasn't hooked up yet, turned out that it was, but that the wire was broken. Sigh. So now they have to rerun the electrical which means yet another step back. Off went the thermostat, off went the french door trim (I guess that's where they run the wire?), off went some drywall (I'm just guessing but that's sure what it looks like on the left below the light switches). And now of course there are white patches and crooked busted up door trim (we told them we want new trim now) and more waiting. There's also a super weird problem causing the new motion-sensor light outside to flicker when the inside lights are on (unrelated to ambient light caused by the lights being on).

This project started off strong but now I'm sick of it. The good news is that the floor people came back to re-polyurethane and that looks much better now. But we have reset the clock on furniture and rug while the floors cure.

So with all that annoyance is going on, I thought I'd finally get around to changing the subject. You see while all this are breezeway work has been happening, we've also been busy on other things. One thing that we had to deal with was some very persistent rust on the overflow drain vent in the new tub from our 2012 bathroom remodel. We don't even take baths in this tub, so the overflow was rarely exposed to any significant moisture besides what you'd expect from showering.

At first glance on the internet, this seemed like it could be a critical issue caused by a leaky rotten gasket on the outside of the tub, but fortunately the back was in good shape.

Either way, from my reading of random handyman websites, we had to act fast or the whole tub could rot through.

Fortunately, the contractors honored their 5 year warranty - to my surprise! They came out to take al look and explained that it wasn't actually the tub rusting but a piece of metal hardware fixed to the tub. Either way they agreed it was a material flaw and that they would fix it. Fast forward 3 weeks to July and the new part arrived. It looked like a pretty significant repair, so we're grateful that professionals took care of it.

Now we have rust-free hardware and no more pesky rust stain dripping its way down the tub.