oops.

Yep, oops.

After finishing the framing, then spending an hour or two making sure the new whirlpool tub deck was level, we heaved the beast into the opening, stood back, and examined our work.

It was then that Scott gently asked, 'Maybe I don't see the whole picture here, but what are you going to do about water?'

'What do you mean?'

I had ordered a tub without an apron only because I wanted to build the front paneling myself, like what I did in the back entry. And that meant also building a deck for the tub to rest. Of course, we had no intention of only using this as a bathtub, and so I also ordered a shower faucet for it.

That's where Scott noticed the problem: in the two inches all around the tub that made up the deck (space in this bathroom is tight, so no sprawling tub deck for us). He pictured the water piling up there after every single shower, and he was right. It (obviously) would.

Mother-trucker...

So then... yeah, oops. Well, Home Depot exchanged this tub for the same one, this time with the apron (and lefthand drain). And now we'll have to rip out the deck front framing, as well as do some more creative carpentry - add framing (thankfully only 4") to the inside tub surround walls. It's not the end of the world - just a little setback. But I'm thankful to Scott for noticing before we went any further!