Bathrooms

We are finally beginning to put the bathrooms back together! We had to rip out most of the walls to get at the broken pipes, so upstairs in the master bath we had to pull out the vanity and all the shower walls. Downstairs, in the main bath, we had to pull out all the walls and the ceiling to get at the pipes for upstairs as well as the ones in it. But now we are starting to rebuild. I say we, but I mean Dad and Eduardo. I am still painting. Anyway, they put in cement board around the tub and the lower part of the shower, to help protect againt moisture issues. Then we got a special kind of drywall that is green, and has a vapor barrier built in to sill out the upper parts of the shower and the rest of the bathroom downstairs. It seems like it would be a simple task of putting up drywall, but there are lots of things that go into it. You have to make sure you know were the studs are to screw the boards into. You have to cut the boards so they fit the walls and have openings for pipes and electrical outlets. You have to make sure they are flush with each other so you don't have wavy, uneven walls. Then they have to be taped and all the seams and screws have to be covered with spackling, and then sanded. That has to be done several times to get it all right before you can paint. What a process hu?
Before this remodel, I thought adding, or moving a wall was a relatively straightforward, quick process. Now I know better. And this is what I think when I am not even the one actually doing the work!