subfloorspiral
/ˈsʌbˌflɔːˌspaɪrəl/nounVerified NewThe renovation escalation in which each opened surface reveals worse damage beneath, expanding the job by stages.
The plan was a tile swap; the tile came up and took the substrate with it, and the substrate revealed plumbing the plumber describes, gently, as "original". Subfloorspiral is why no renovation quote survives first contact with a crowbar. Budgets are written for the visible layers only.
Etym. — subfloor + spiral — the descent is downward and tightening at once.
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