Why I Acquired A Shower Curtain

One staff members tale of replacing their old worn out shower door with a shower curtain.

For the longest time, pretty near forty years, the shower that flowed into the tub in the bathroom had a two-part door, that slid sideways on ball bearing balanced rollers, and was designed to keep the room floor dry.

As the years passed, three serious problems developed. The rollers wore out, the doors began to slip off the metal tracks that held them upright and a disgusting mold began to grow on the bathroom tiles and metallic parts holding up the shower door.

Unfortunately, the mold, which bleach spray would force into retreat, would always stage a comeback, making professional help necessary.

Instead of hiring an experienced mold cleaning company to permanently solve this problem, the housing company that manages my building opted to replace the susceptible tiles with new ones along with removing and replacing the old tub, faucet, shower head and old faucet knobs and also suggested I buy a shower curtain to replace the clumsy door, because it was more convenient, cheaper to install and would allow air to flow in the small room and, thus, help prevent the mold.

So I asked the workers to put up a rod to hold a curtain, which was done, and then I measured the diameter of the rod, its length and the height of the room and proceeded to visit the local bathroom accessory emporium.

I carefully checked out the available choices and picked a long, plastic blue curtain decorated with a white floral pattern.

When I got home, I opened the plastic envelope containing the curtain and plastic hooks, carefully read the assembly instructions, minimal, and went into the bathroom to insert the twelve plastic hooks into the twelve individual copper ringed holes on the top of the new shower curtain and, finally, slip each of the twelve hooks over the rod and, finally, study how the curtain separated the tub area from the rest of the bathroom.

Yes, it looked like the shower was ready for use and a test proved it worked well. The feature I like best about the new shower barrier is the fact that I can vary how much curtain I use from full length to half the tub to scrunched up in a corner out of the way so I can spray the far reaches of the tub.

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