The shower initially needed to be "repaired" due to an issue with the drain causing leaks. We couldn't just tear out the shower pan and repair the drain. Having to tear out the shower pan plus several rows of wall tiles, caused us to tear out the all the shower tiles so everything would match. Does this still qualify as an improvement vs a repair? I would argue if we didn't have the leakage from the drain, we wouldn't have done any work on the shower in 2023.
