We were back to our colder temperatures today but the warmer temps and rain over the last couple days then froze. Jim had to try twice before he was able to get up the driveway and he said coming down was even worse! Glad he's home safely!
He worked on rerouting the Pex tubes today. The first thing he wanted to do was come up with a way to attach the Pex to the ceiling - which in this case is the concrete/steel deck material which certainly makes it difficult. He first attached a piece of channel to the underside of the deck, using his hammer drill to go through the concrete. That still didn't get him below the surface of the decking but it made a good surface to attach the stud underneath. That wasn't easy either - he had to drill a hole in the bottom flange big enough that he could then put his drill through the hole and attach a screw to the channel.
But it worked great and looks so clean! He used conduit clamps to then channel the Pex over to the manifold.
He decided to move the manifold up on the wall about 8" and then started hooking up the cold water lines. He modified the black elbow pieces a bit (they typically attach to the wall) to help make a nicer bend.
Late in the afternoon, he transitioned to plastering again. The only place that Jim had an issue with drywall breaking was one of the receptacles in the bathroom. If you recall, that is the piece that had all the holes for the plumbing in it so finding a place to attach the drywall and keep it in place so he could cut out the boxes was difficult. The drywall was held a bit too tight and caused the drywall to break.
Jim had to cut out the damaged part and patch it. Looking good - you'd never know!
He did the second coat on the corner bead in both the bathroom and the laundry room and then started on the screws and second coats in the master bedroom.
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