Terms of Service
Welcome to Shower Truths, accessible at showertruths.com. These Terms of Service govern your use of our website and services. By accessing or using Shower Truths, you agree to be bound by these terms. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please do not use our website.
Last Updated: January 2025
1. Acceptance of Terms
By accessing the Shower Truths website at showertruths.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. These terms apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use our service. We reserve the right to update or modify these terms at any time without prior notice, and your continued use of the site constitutes acceptance of those changes.
2. Description of Service
Shower Truths provides honest, trade-level bathroom renovation advice from an experienced ex-tile contractor. Our service includes educational content about real costs, proven materials, and practical guidance for building durable showers. The information provided on showertruths.com is for educational and informational purposes only and should not be considered professional advice for your specific renovation project.
We strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information, but we make no guarantees about the completeness, reliability, or accuracy of the content. Material costs, building codes, and best practices may vary by location and change over time.
3. User Accounts and Responsibilities
Some features of Shower Truths may require you to create an account. When creating an account on showertruths.com, you agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activities that occur under your account.
You agree to notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security. Shower Truths will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to protect your account information.
4. Acceptable Use Policy
When using Shower Truths at showertruths.com, you agree not to:
Use the service for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable laws or regulations
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the website, other accounts, or computer systems connected to our service
Transmit any viruses, malware, or other malicious code that could harm our infrastructure or other users
Engage in any activity that interferes with or disrupts the service or servers hosting showertruths.com
Harvest or collect information about other users without their consent
Impersonate any person or entity or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity
Use automated systems or software to extract data from our website without permission
Post or transmit any defamatory, obscene, threatening, or otherwise objectionable content
5. Intellectual Property Rights
All content on Shower Truths, including but not limited to text, graphics, logos, images, articles, and software, is the property of Shower Truths or its content suppliers and is protected by international copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. The compilation of all content on showertruths.com is the exclusive property of Shower Truths.
You may view, download, and print content from Shower Truths for personal, non-commercial use only, provided you do not modify the content and you retain all copyright and other proprietary notices. Any other use of content from showertruths.com, including reproduction, modification, distribution, or republication, without prior written permission from Shower Truths is strictly prohibited.
6. User-Generated Content
If you submit comments, questions, suggestions, or other content to Shower Truths through showertruths.com, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media.
You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights to the content you submit, that the content is accurate, and that use of the content does not violate these Terms of Service and will not cause injury to any person or entity. You agree not to submit content that is copyrighted, protected by trade secret, or otherwise subject to third-party proprietary rights unless you have permission from the rightful owner.
Shower Truths reserves the right, but has no obligation, to monitor, edit, or remove any user-generated content that we determine in our sole discretion violates these terms or is otherwise objectionable.
7. Disclaimers and Warranties
The information provided on Shower Truths at showertruths.com is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that defects will be corrected.
While our content is based on real trade experience, Shower Truths makes no warranties or representations about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, or timeliness of the content, services, software, text, graphics, or links provided. Building codes, material specifications, and construction practices vary by jurisdiction and change over time. You should always consult with licensed professionals and local building authorities before undertaking any renovation project.
Shower Truths does not endorse any specific products, contractors, or suppliers mentioned on showertruths.com. Any reliance you place on information from our website is strictly at your own risk.
8. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Shower Truths, its owners, employees, contractors, and affiliates shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits or revenues, whether incurred directly or indirectly, or any loss of data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses resulting from:
Your access to or use of or inability to access or use the service at showertruths.com
Any conduct or content of any third party on the service
Any content obtained from the service
Unauthorized access, use, or alteration of your transmissions or content
Renovation projects undertaken based on information from Shower Truths
In no event shall Shower Truths's total liability to you for all damages, losses, or causes of action exceed the amount you have paid to us in the last six months, or one hundred dollars ($100), whichever is greater.
9. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Shower Truths, its owners, employees, contractors, affiliates, and partners from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, arising out of or in any way connected with:
Your access to or use of showertruths.com
Your violation of these Terms of Service
Your violation of any third-party right, including any intellectual property right or privacy right
Any claim that your user-generated content caused damage to a third party
Any renovation work you undertake based on information from Shower Truths
10. Termination
Shower Truths reserves the right to terminate or suspend your access to showertruths.com immediately, without prior notice or liability, for any reason, including but not limited to breach of these Terms of Service. Upon termination, your right to use the service will immediately cease.
All provisions of these Terms of Service which by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including but not limited to ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity, and limitations of liability.
11. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution
These Terms of Service shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction in which Shower Truths operates, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising from these terms or your use of showertruths.com shall be resolved through binding arbitration in accordance with the rules of the applicable arbitration association, except that either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.
You agree that any claim or cause of action arising out of your use of Shower Truths must be filed within one year after such claim or cause of action arose, or it shall be forever barred.
12. Changes to Terms of Service
Shower Truths reserves the right to modify or replace these Terms of Service at any time at our sole discretion. We will make reasonable efforts to provide notice of any material changes by posting a notice on showertruths.com or by sending you an email to the address associated with your account. Your continued use of the service after any changes constitutes acceptance of the new terms.
It is your responsibility to review these Terms of Service periodically for updates. If you do not agree to the modified terms, you must stop using Shower Truths.
13. Severability
If any provision of these Terms of Service is found to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these terms unenforceable or invalid as a whole. Such provisions shall be deleted without affecting the remaining provisions herein.
14. Entire Agreement
These Terms of Service, together with our Privacy Policy and any other legal notices published on showertruths.com, constitute the entire agreement between you and Shower Truths concerning your use of the service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings with respect to the same.
15. Contact Information
If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about these Terms of Service, please contact us through the contact information provided on the Shower Truths website at showertruths.com. We will make reasonable efforts to respond to your inquiries in a timely manner.
By using Shower Truths, you acknowledge that you have read these Terms of Service and agree to be bound by them. Thank you for visiting showertruths.com and trusting us as your source for honest bathroom renovation advice.