Bathtub Stuck ((exclusive)) «QUICK • 2024»

She tried again, this time with a grunt. The tub shifted an inch, then stopped. Lena frowned, got a crowbar, and worked it under one of the feet. The foot lifted half an inch—and then something deep in the floorboards groaned, a sound like an old ship settling into its grave.

She braced her feet against the wall, gripped the tub’s rim, and heaved. bathtub stuck

What Lena hadn’t known—couldn’t have known—was that the previous owner, a man named Horace who’d been a hoarder of both cats and amateur engineering, had “reinforced” the bathroom floor after a leaky pipe rotted the original joists. But Horace didn’t believe in screws or nails. Horace believed in spite. He’d slathered the underside of the tub with industrial epoxy and glued it directly to the subfloor. Then, for good measure, he’d poured a layer of quick-set concrete around the feet. She tried again, this time with a grunt