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That awkward moment…
That awkward moment when your cast-iron sewer stack collapses…30 feet tall…it just sunk 4 inches…representing when the sewer line in the ground crushed and turned into mush…yah know…killing the only operational bathroom and crippling the kitchen the day before thanksgiving … Continue reading
Fixtures in…
Y’all might recall me and my friend Mike (also my step-dad) have been working on my he and my Mom’s bathroom. Before: What can’t be seen here is the very pronounced un-level-ness of the floor. It was also extremely bouncy, … Continue reading
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We struck dirt!
Me and my friend Mike spent part of the weekend crawling around under my Mom’s new (old) house with a sawzall (otherwise known as “destructor of worlds”). This house is not as old as the Old Vic, but dates back … Continue reading
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Yep, good choice.
Y’all may recall here that we installed a tankless gas water heater in the Old Vic. Advantages were no closet required, no stack needed, unlimited hot water, and economical. It was a good choice. We had a household full of … Continue reading
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Some progress!
I installed a new heater in the mudroom this weekend. That was the easy part…I spent several hours under the house a few weeks ago adding the gas jet where I wanted it (and another in a different room) and … Continue reading
Safe?
Soooo….put in a new range this weekend. Couldn’t just buy a gas line to hook it up…had to buy a “kit”. The kit had fittings I didn’t need and others I already had and cost three times what it should … Continue reading
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The problem with plumbing…
Here’s the problem with plumbing…. Before many, many hours (and months) of backbreaking work: *After* many, many hours (and months) of backbreaking work: Yeah. It’s better. I mean…for starters…it’s not trying kill me anymore (another story involving hot water heaters). … Continue reading
Slaying the Dragon…
How many things can you spot wrong in this installation? (which is smack in the middle of the master bathroom) Let me start…(some of this is not visible in that picture) Not enclosed. Sitting on carpet. The carpet under it … Continue reading
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Blessed…
Looking back over the last couple weeks, it occurs to me just how blessed I am. My Dad just celebrated his 80th birthday. It is therefore, somewhat humbling and downright impressive that he can work circles around me. When my … Continue reading
Plumbing…phase two and seven-eighths…
Plumbing…phase two and seven-eighths. This weekend was a biggie…me and my Dad spent last weekend unrolling, insulating, and hanging PEX pipe under the house to each bathroom and the kitchen. Thirteen different runs…probably around 350 feet of 1/2″ PEX pipe. … Continue reading