This morning, Jim put together his test set up for the plumbing. The red is the air valve connection; the blue is the air gauge.
After visiting with Julia's parents, we came home for lunch and then Jim headed out to the Drywall Center to pick up some angle he had ordered as well as more baffles and adhesive.
Once he got back, he worked on installing the baffles in the kitchen valley rafter area...all done and ready for fiberglass insulation!
Then he made and installed the rigid foam board in the area at the back of the laundry room.
Jim had bought a bag of the loose insulation that is used in the blowers to see if he could use it for some specific areas - like around the windows. You can see that he pulled a chunk off and had to separate it - it has an expansion rate of 17 times! He tried a few methods around the windows and wasn't real happy with anything yet.
So after getting tired of insulation issues, he went downstairs to work on the plumbing manifold. He put a Pex tube in a loop from the hot to the cold so that when he pressurizes the system both the hot and cold lines can be tested.
What's nice about this manifold is that each of the lines has its own valve that can be turned on or off. So Jim can basically test each individual line to make sure there are no leaks. He first tested just the manifold - it held pressure. Next he tested the hot water line into the kitchen - same thing; holding 60 pounds of pressure! A great first step - once he gets everything tested himself, he can call the building inspector out.
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