It is a luxury to have a handy husband

Right after elementary school, my husband went on to become a plumber and worked with it in another life many, many years ago. Although it has been more years than I can count since he practiced the profession, he is talented and generally handy. Today he changed our shower mixer in the bathroom. 

Unfortunately, he discovered during the course of the work that the builder who built the house we live in cut corners, a lot. Since my husband is a perfectionist, he had to correct all the faults. 4 hours later, all that remains is the installation of the new cover, which is by far the easiest part of the process, and according to the manufacturer, has exactly the same dimensions as the original cover. When he unpacks the cover, he finds that the new one is 0.7874" (2 cm) shorter than the old one.

Thank goodness we have another bathroom. This will be a problem for tomorrow.