Cool to start but warming later? Maybe. Yesterday was pretty nice, sunny and warm. Windy as Chicago until afternoon. Decided not to burn my slash pile.
Also didn’t mow the lawn. It would look better but I spent the time doing plumbing. Took a while in the attic to get holes where I needed them. Lots of belly crawling, lots of kneeling. Lots of fiberglas. Old boy used a kraft faced batt, and the facing is brittle and weak, so every time you touch or move it, it crumbles. My N95 mask is filthy but my lungs are probably ok.
I didn’t buy the right sized adapter to connect to the existing tub controls, so I’ll head into town today and see if I can find what I need. If not, I can solder on a copper to pex adapter, and leave a little stub of copper attached to the tub. I’d prefer to do it without soldering, but if that is what it takes, well, that’s why they make that adapter.
Getting pex to the last hose bib was a challenge too. I couldn’t get access from above, so I removed more paneling (fortunately in the bedroom closet behind the bath) and made a horizontal run, through a 90 degree bend where the walls meet… couldn’t have done that with plastic or steel pipe. I’ll feed it from the toilet feed, and will put a valve on it. It’s not ideal to have a valve in the closet, but there are nifty ‘snap in’ plastic access panels that will hide the mess. As long as I get the valve in, I can turn the water back on to the toilet and tub, and worry about the hose bib later, with all the other spigots.
Getting the pex dropped into the wall for the toilet supply involved a lot of belly time, with my face down in the insulation. I pick up yoga mats when they are cheap for just that situation. Cardboard works too. No matter what, it’s unpleasant and good PPEs are recommended. Pex makes it a lot easier to do retrofit than any other system besides copper tube, and we don’t use copper tube for that anymore.
Finishing the tub/toilet/hose bib will leave just the hall bath sink, and the master bath shower on the old copper. The sink should be straightforward if I remove the vanity. The master shower is NOT straightforward, unless I open the wall in the bedroom. Not looking forward to that. That shower was replaced recently so I’m hoping the pipes are in good shape. Yeah, I know. Unlikely.
So today will be more plumbing. Maybe some organizing. And later a fire. Hope the music is more uptempo though.
Stack some stuff and the skills to use it.
nick
Oh yeah, it was pretty clear when I started my fire, but got hazy later. The lake was dead flat- I could see the reflection of airplane lights in it. I did see one long shooting star before the haze got too bad.