Rub a dub dub!!

Rub a dub dub there ain't no more tub!  Not too very long ago Mike was looking at what I thought was a stain on the bottom of the bath tub.  Come to find out it is not a stain after all but a rust hole that is forming by the drain.  We already knew that the tub surround was broke and had to be fixed, (my caulk job sucked), so off to the Home Depot we went.  Looking for a quick fix for the tub.  We found a really nice replacement tub and surround that locks together and never needs to be caulked! (My kind of tub)  So we talked to the guy there and he informed us how easy it was to install.  YEA RIGHT! LOL  You would think that after 19 years here we would have learned our lesson.  Nope, not us!  After tearing out the walls, killing the mold on the drywall behind the tub surround, removing a bees nest in the wall (between the drywall and outside), taking out the old plumbing, removing the old tub, we are now ready to start prepping to put the new tub in.  Prepping mind you not installing.  The next chapter we will cover all the prep work that needs to be done before we can even think tub!