I’ve pretty much decided that Wednesday is the day I will bite the bullet and switch the plumbing over to the new system.
I’m expecting lots of leaks, explosions and tears. Better to not get my hopes up ahead of time.
I’ll do what I can in terms of photos, but I really don’t want to do […]
Well… the plumber has completely fallen through on me. He won’t return my phone calls even when I tell him I have all of the work opened and exposed for him. Looks like I will be doing the work myself.
I’m going to hacksaw parts of the cast iron out in sections (unless I can find […]
There you have the wall section cut all the way out. Thanks to Mike for letting me borrow his circular saw. Made easy work of the wall.
Called the plumber and rescheduled to pull this out Thanksgiving weekend. Once the PVC is in, we’ll have that to be thankful for.
I figured it out.
Behold, cracked pipe!
Here’s some up close shots.
Here’s where the stack makes a 90 degree turn, right above the ceiling.
All of this work leaves the kitchen wall looking like this:
So I might as well tear out the whole wall, insulate it, then drywall it. Much more efficient that way.
Funny that I’m saying this, […]
I called my plumber last night… he said he would be coming on Wednesday around 5pm. I’ve got to make sure I’m home by then… I need to figure out what exactly has gone wrong with our house.
In other news… I’d like to update most of my electical outlets in the house so that they […]
