Mike purchased the supplies including PVC pipes, connectors, glue, crimping tool, a water distribution manifold (not sure if that's the correct term!) Then he took off two days of work to try & get this done!
Here's what it looked like when I left for work Thursday morning:
Mike didn't take any photos through the day, but when I came home from work, there was definitely progress, and a couple of surprises...
The amount of removed piping in the hallway should have tipped me off...
Here's the hole in the foyer floor, where the stack will be re-installed.
Looked good to me!
Surprise #1-
Mike also decided to remove the second stack, which went to the Master Bathroom.
Someone had (years ago) patched it with a weird epoxy and it was just a matter of time until it too would start leaking.
Plus, we don't need two stacks- they can be combined into one run.
So, Mike ripped out the whole "Mystery Cabinet"!
I'm happy with being able to open up the corner of the family room.
However this meant NO functioning bathrooms in the house!
I went upstairs to change into comfy clothes, and ran into this (Surprise #2):
I knew this would be affecting the bathroom.
In fact, I was kinda happy about it- but it was more torn up than I expected
(don't ask me what I actually thought was going to happen!)
The vanity drawers were removed to gain access the shower/tub pipes,
which are also getting replaced.
So yes, there's a mess everywhere we turn.
The boys tinkled in the great outdoors this morning
(the little one says "Mommy, I like it!"- UGH!)
This can't go on much longer...
luckily I can "hold it" for really long and Thank God for the gym/shower at work,
but the Holiday Inn is starting to sound quite good!
I definitely wouldn't have survived in the 1700's!
We're hoping to have some good news/great progress to report on Monday!
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