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10/19/2026

Before tile goes down, you want to know one thing:

**Does the shower pan actually hold water?** 👀💧

That’s where the test ball comes in.

It gets inserted into the drain and inflated with something as simple as a bike pump until it seals the pipe.

Then the shower pan is filled with water and left for a flood test.

Why?

Because if that waterproof membrane underneath has a leak, THIS is when you want to find it.

Not after tile.

Not after grout.

Not after the bathroom is finished. 😭

This one passed.

The water held.

The test ball came out.

The pan drained.

Rough plumbing passed.

And now the shower is finally ready for tile.

For shower remodeling, waterproofing, plumbing rough-ins, tile installation, bathroom renovations, and whole-home projects throughout Tampa, Clearwater, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, and Tampa Bay, follow Home Love Plumbing and Home Love Construction.

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10/19/2026

Second-story bathroom plumbing can make a vanity install a little more interesting. 👀

When the water lines and drain come straight up through the floor instead of out of the wall, you can’t just slide the cabinet into place and call it a day.

The vanity has to be fitted around the plumbing.

That usually means:

Cut the drain line down.

Remove the angle stops.

Drill small, clean openings through the bottom of the cabinet.

Then lower the vanity directly over the pipes.

Once the cabinet is in place, the plumbing gets reassembled with new fittings, and the existing drain stack can often stay in use.

A studor vent may be added where needed as part of the final setup.

It’s a few extra steps, but the payoff is a MUCH cleaner install with tight openings instead of giant hacked-out holes around the pipes. 😂

For bathroom remodeling, vanity installation, plumbing rough-ins, renovations, additions, and whole-home projects throughout Tampa, Clearwater, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, and Tampa Bay, follow Home Love Plumbing and Home Love Construction.



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10/19/2026

For Arturo, moving to the U.S. wasn’t just about opportunity.

It was about **stability.**

Growing up in Venezuela, he watched his father build a large company that was successful enough to put him through college.

Then, within about a year, it was gone.

That kind of experience changes how you think about business.

So when Arturo talks with Brad on **The Critical Path Podcast**, he explains that coming to the U.S. was partly about finding a place where he could build something more structured, more predictable, and more sustainable over time.

He already had family here.

He liked the step-by-step way businesses could be built.

And most importantly, he wanted to create something that wouldn’t disappear overnight.

Not just income.

A legacy.

Something he could preserve, grow, and eventually pass down to his child.

Because opportunity is everywhere.

But building something that LASTS?

That takes years of choosing the right opportunities and continuing to move forward.

More from Arturo and Brad on **The Critical Path Podcast** about construction, entrepreneurship, family, and building for the long term.







10/19/2026

This concrete spiral staircase already looks like somebody poured a giant slide through the middle of the house. 😂

Then the real entertainment starts.

Big Camille comes down HARD on Nikolai, and for a second it looks like somebody is about to have a very bad day on the jobsite.

Nope.

Just the crew messing with each other. 😭👏

And honestly, Brad would rather discover his employees are pranking him than discover they’ve made a real mistake.

One gives everybody something to laugh about.

The other gives you paperwork, repairs, delays, and a very different kind of meeting. 😂

Good crews work hard.

Great crews can usually have a little fun while they’re doing it.

And before anybody starts anything—Brad says his own team is solid.

For construction reactions, jobsite humor, concrete stairs, remodeling, renovations, additions, and whole-home projects throughout Tampa Bay, follow Home Love Construction.



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10/18/2026

Before you assume the floor you SEE is the floor the house originally had…

start peeling back the layers. 😂

Under this wood floor?

Terrazzo.

Brad briefly calls it travertine because apparently every construction professional is allowed one vocabulary malfunction per jobsite. 😭

But once the terrazzo is exposed, the history of the house starts making a little more sense.

Terrazzo was commonly used in older homes, and instead of removing it, many renovations simply installed newer flooring directly over the top.

So that hardwood you’re looking at today may be sitting on top of a completely different finished floor from decades ago.

That’s why demo can be one of the most interesting parts of a renovation.

Sometimes you remove the old material…

and discover something even older underneath it.

For flooring, terrazzo restoration, remodeling, renovations, additions, and whole-home projects throughout Tampa, Clearwater, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, and Tampa Bay, follow Home Love Construction.


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10/18/2026

There’s nothing technically stopping you from putting hardwood flooring on the wall.

The bigger question is:

**Should you?** 😂

This installer starts with OSB, then attaches hardwood planks in a way that keeps the screws hidden.

Only the top edge gets fastened.

The next plank covers it.

Repeat.

From an installation standpoint, it’s clean and efficient.

They even show the concept going directly over bathroom tile using a strong construction adhesive instead of mechanical fasteners.

But Brad notices the visual tradeoff immediately.

Floorboards are short.

So instead of getting long, uninterrupted wood running across the wall, you get seam after seam after seam.

And that can make the finished wall look busier than traditional wood paneling made from longer boards.

Could most people walk into the room and think it looks great?

Absolutely.

Would Brad notice every single seam?

Also absolutely. 😭😂

Sometimes a construction idea can be perfectly functional and still come down to one thing:

Personal taste.

For remodeling ideas, feature walls, interior finishes, bathroom renovations, additions, and whole-home projects throughout Tampa, Clearwater, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, and Tampa Bay, follow Home Love Construction.


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10/18/2026

A roof truss can hold a LOT of weight.

But turn it sideways on a truck and suddenly it needs a little help. 😂

That’s because trusses are engineered primarily to carry loads in a specific orientation once they’re installed.

During shipping, they’re stacked flat.

And if the ends are hanging too far beyond the support below them, gravity can make those sections sag.

That bending can put unnecessary stress on the connector plates and joints.

So what’s the solution?

A few strategically placed 2x4s underneath the overhanging ends.

Nothing fancy.

Just temporary support keeping the trusses from flexing more than they should on the way to the jobsite.

Construction is full of little details like this that look random until you understand what they’re protecting. 👏

For roof framing, trusses, structural construction, remodeling, renovations, additions, and whole-home projects throughout Tampa Bay, follow Home Love Construction.



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10/18/2026

Today’s episode of:

**Things you definitely weren’t looking for during a renovation.** 😂

Brad finds a little cutoff piece of 2x6 that looks completely normal from one side.

Flip it over?

Surprise.

Somebody left a construction Easter egg hiding underneath. 👀

And THIS is one of the fun parts of opening up and working on houses.

You can spend all day looking at framing, plumbing, electrical and drywall…

then suddenly some completely random little discovery becomes the most entertaining thing on the jobsite.

No major construction lesson today.

Just proof that you should apparently inspect both sides of the scrap pile. 😂👏

For more construction discoveries, remodeling, renovations, jobsite humor, additions, and whole-home projects throughout Tampa Bay, follow Home Love Construction.



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10/18/2026

The worst time to realize your jobsite wasn’t cleaned up properly?

About five minutes after the hurricane winds arrive. 😭🌪️

An active renovation has a LOT of loose material around it.

Dumpsters.

Scrap lumber.

Trash.

Rebar.

Open windows.

Unfinished doors.

Normally?

Just part of construction.

During a hurricane?

Potential problems everywhere.

Brad’s storm prep starts with removing the dumpster completely.

Even when it’s full.

The dumpster company can take it back to a secured yard instead of leaving an entire container of loose debris sitting at the property.

Then every exposed window or door opening gets covered.

After that, anything loose outside gets moved inside or properly secured.

Because the question isn’t:

“Do you think this piece of material will move?”

It’s:

“Do you really want to find out during a hurricane?” 😂

Good storm prep means leaving the site with as little available for the wind to grab as possible.

For coastal construction, hurricane preparation, remodeling, renovations, additions, and whole-home projects throughout Tampa Bay, follow Home Love Construction for more of what goes into protecting a project before the storm even gets there.
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10/17/2026

Looks ready for the milestone payment. 😂👏

I mean…

Structure’s up.

Something is definitely happening.

There are nails sticking out everywhere like tiny little tetanus decorations.

But other than that?

Looks great. 😭

Brad’s trying VERY hard to be supportive here.

Because sometimes you see a construction project and think:

“Yep. Somebody is absolutely going to ask for the next payment after this.”

Would we personally want to walk anywhere near those exposed nails?

Absolutely not.

But hey…

Progress is progress. 😂

For more GC REACTS, construction humor, jobsite fails, remodeling, renovations, additions, and whole-home projects throughout Tampa, Clearwater, Dunedin, Safety Harbor, and Tampa Bay, follow Home Love Construction.

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