Plumbing rough-in is finished!
So I didn't quite get everything done I thought I might last weekend. All I really did is finish the supply pipe plumbing for the bathroom upstairs. Bryan came over and helped me weld some copper in the basement where the copper meets the CPVC. I turned the cold water on yesterday and there don't seem to be any leaks!! I just cemented some caps onto the lines that I'll cut off later. So if there's a leak I should have found it when I turned the water on and it pressurized the pipes hopefully. Tomorrow I'll try the hot water. Cross your fingers.
Also, yesterday I got a new tub. Matt Rocks (yes, that's his real name and of course he's in a band) was gracious enough to donate his old claw foot tub from the house he's renovating next to Patterson Park. It's exactly the same size and style as mine but in WAY better shape. So this week I'm going to smash my old tub with a sledgehammer. It should be interesting. Or at least very loud. It's like whacking a giant cast iron bell. A very, very loud bell. I'll have to video tape it for posterity.
Vicki really wanted to help me with drywall so yesterday I told her she could help me laminate the ceiling in the middle room upstairs with the thin 1/4" drywall. I figured that would be easier because it's lighter than the regular stuff. It was too heavy tho. Too heavy and awkward. So we ran some cable and phone lines instead. Looks like I going to have to rent a panel lifter. That's cool tho. I hear those things are well worth the rental fee. Still tho Vicki is really disappointed she can't help. She's getting really excited about the possibilities of living there. She scoped out her closet yesterday and we talked about putting in big shoe racks.
Oh yeah. Shoe racks, baby.