Posted in Announcements, General, Plumbing on Jul 8th, 2009 1 Comment »
I installed the last toilet last night (in the master bath) so our plumbing is now officially done.
I’ve also planned our deck and done a material take-off for it. Amber’s working on planning the shelves for the pantry so we’ll order all that material tomorrow and have it delivered on Friday. I expect to get […]
Posted in Announcements, Plumbing on Feb 1st, 2009 1 Comment »
Running Water. In the house.
A couple weeks ago I started digging the trench to get water into the house. Yesterday, I finished digging and cut and glued up all the pipe. The digging job involved a couple hours work chipping away at the foundation so that I could run a pipe vertically right next to […]
Posted in Construction, Electrical, Pictures, Plumbing on May 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
We took the opportunity of the long weekend and my Dad being in town to try to focus on the house. I got back into rough carpentry mode for a bit before putting my electrician and plumbing hats back on. I also got to try on a circus high wire hat - that’s one I […]
Posted in Pictures, Plumbing, Tools on Mar 4th, 2008 No Comments »
While working on the DWV plumbing, I’ve found some tools to be extremely useful to have around. Most I expected but some were a surprise.
A selection of hand tools. I used the awl on my pocket knife (far left) to help get the disks out of the hole saw. The chisels were what I was […]
Posted in Pictures, Plumbing on Feb 25th, 2008 7 Comments »
We’re well on our way on the next phase of house building - Drain, Waste, Vent plumbing. The last month or so, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and planning and the last couple of weeks have been busy executing, modifying and adapting the plan.I’m happy to say that I’ve now finished all 3″ […]