Jim was back to working plumbing today - he made more brackets to hold the pipe runs.
He next had to figure out the drain for the shower. He figured out the location from the shower base and then drilled a pilot hole to see where it would come out below.
Unfortunately, it was in a horrible place - at the very edge of the track right on a stud in the bathroom wall downstairs. Jim spent time figuring out how he wanted to handle this - he ended up deciding to cut a piece of the stud out. He first put a brace on the backside to keep everything in place since he has lights and wires going through this area.
Cutting the other side...
Removing the piece of stud...
He then made a piece of track similar to what he did for window and door frames that connects the two studs.
Fastening the top down.
He then was able to use his hole saw and cut through the decking.
As if that problem wasn't enough to deal with today, enter the next big plumbing issue. Jim got the pedestal sink and base out today to see where plumbing would go. Unfortunately, the holes on the back of the sink where it has to attach to wall blocking is right inside the studs. In order to keep everything symmetrical with the outlets on either side of the sink, Jim is going to have to move one of the studs - meaning all the wiring, outlets and lights will have to be adjusted. Ugh. Thankfully, Jim leaves those loops of wire because he made need to use them.
There's also a plumbing issue as far as the pipes carrying water away from the sink - right underneath the wall in the bathroom is one of the trusses - so it's going to be impossible to take plumbing that way. Jim thinks he can get the water line there because it's small. But we sat and talked through options for getting the rest of the plumbing to work.
Leaving that issue to ponder, Jim took apart the stack. I ran to Lowe's to get more cement - they didn't carry the kind Jim wanted at the plumbing supply company. He had figured out where he wanted the wye to come off for the sink and cut down the main stack accordingly. He wanted to get this first part glued and let it set up so that he can work on it more tomorrow.
Putting the wye pipe on...
At the end of the day, back to insulation. He was able to finish the cavity by the wall as well as continue building up the other cavities.
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