Back to my old ways.

Alright I missed last week so much for getting on a consistent schedule. I am trying to be a little better about keeping up so I am writing in real time. It has been helping me keep faith and not get overwhelmed with the project. Some days I feel like we are not getting anything done, but when I look back I see how much we really have done.

Last week we moved on to finish the framing of the laundry area.



Roughed in the plumbing for the bathroom.



Set the bathtub and start hanging the backerboard.



We decided to use PEX instead of copper. Partly because of the increasing cost of copper and the how labor intensive it is to install. PEX costs a little bit cheaper but can be installed in about 1/3 of time. It took us about a day to finish the rough in which was a whole lot faster then it would have taken if we had done it in copper.

All of the feeds are home runs which originate from a manifold in the basement. Each feed has it's own shut off which makes it much easier to make repairs to or replace an individual fixture if needed in the future.



That was the fun we had last week which leads us up to this week. We moved on to setting up for moving our electrical service below ground and adding an additional gas service to the apartment. We started by calling and having the utility lines marked to make sure our final locations were suitable. We then dug 2 holes.



One for the electrical service.....



and one for the gas.



We had to drill holes in both locations to bring the new services into the basement. While we had these areas open we decided to re point the walls. They looked surprisingly good for being 200 years old.

Back on the inside we roughed in a new gas line for the apartment.



Which sure was a lot of work. Pipe fitting is not an easy job

So that brings us up to date on where we are with the house. There have been a few other things we have done around the property which I will share with you next time. Until then I leave you with this.