Many hands make light work. A cherry picker makes it a little easier too!

It's been quite a while since our last post and let me tell you, a lot has happened. Let's start with plumbing.

So Here is the new pressure tank and all the other bits. All of the supply lines and fittings are new. The tank is sitting on a galvanized steel bracket Verrill made for me and I tied it into the foundation wall so that puppy isn't going anywhere. The nice thing about having it all new is that I know where every pipe is run and how it's plumbed.  The not so nice thing about it is I put in every pipe in the house so it took a bit.

 Oh and if you haven't figured out by this point, this is Jeff. So prepare yourself for a bit drier of a post. But we'll see. Back to topic, the saving grace in all of the plumbing is the PEX tubing. This stuff is incredible. No soldering, preheating, or any of that. It's just a matter of getting your lengths of tubing straightened out from the roll, cut it to length, put a crimp ring on it, jamb a fitting on there, and crimp it. Amazing and scary all at the same time. This past Monday morning, I put the last of the valves on the system and double and triple checked that I actually crimped all of the unions. Not a leak to be found when I pressurized the system.

Next on to what everyone who only looks at the pictures has been waiting for. Drywall!!

Then

Now

 

I'd like to thank Patrick who helped me out last Monday. We put up all the rigid foam insulation and the strapping in the den and weren't out of the house until 1:30am. 5:30 the next morning cam a bit too soon for me on Tuesday. The drywallers are coming back on Monday (10/24) to do a final coat of mud and then sand it all down.  As long as it stays relatively dry the next couple of days we should be able to start priming everything on Wednesday night. 

This is a door we found in the attic that match another door in the house. This afternoon I stripped off the hinge plates and knobs and put the pocket door hardware on it. It sort of looks like it's floating in the opening in the picture but it is correctly installed.

I brought the lawn mower down with me today to cut down the jungle that's been growing. The area beside the road was bushwhacked down is little time.

Unfortunately, you can't go very far on a dead battery and turning it into a push mower wasn't going to happen, I tried. 

Advances in painting were made over the weekend as well. Our friends George and Sarah are quite a blessing. It just so happens George's father owns a cherry picker and they came over with it to lend a hand. It really made for quick work of the high spots.