My shoulder was feeling a lot better, but I dreaded removing the old ceiling fan. I did not want to go in the attic, and I was determined to remove it from below. With my Sears-Craftman® adjustable pliers (AKA: channel locks), I was able to pull down the ceiling fan housing. Working from below, I was able to replace the ceiling fan. With a light bulb in place, I flipped the switch and the fan and light came on. I gave it the tissue test. The tissue stuck to the fan opening. Success. Except for the struggle to get the vent pipe on the new ceiling fan, the project was far easier than I expected.
Every day as I stepped in my shower, I would find more ugly black spots on the caulk on the bottom edges of the shower. At first, I thought I did a bad job of caulking and dirt was getting stuck in areas between the caulk and the shower walls. It was not dirt, but mold. Even after re-caulking, the black mold came back again. I used the 100% silicone caulk as recommended. I discovered after multiple attempts and the black spots coming back, I needed to buy 100% silicone that is mold and mildew resistant. Nothing like learning that lesson the hard way. It is too early to say if that was the trick, but my fingers are crossed.
About 6 months ago, as I was cleaning aggressively around the shower door guide and the threshold, I loosened the guide. It was held in place by silicone. I noticed a leak right after that day. I tried to re-caulk around the guide, but water was seeping under the guide and still leaking. I would need to remove the sliding door, remove the guide, and reapply it. It was not as difficult as I assumed it would be. I spent more time cleaning off the old silicone from the guide. Applying an excessive amount of silicone under and around the block, I carefully lined it up to the fixed glass panel and put it in place. Several hours later, I caulked around the outside edges of the guide and threshold, re-installed the door and I was done. I spent about one-hour total on the project. So far, no leaks.