It seems like it had been forever, so I really enjoyed getting out to the property for awhile this afternoon to check out all the progress!
Jim continued working in the control room this morning on the plumbing - he got the return line all sweated and started working out the design for the return line from the other manifolds.
His brass elbow came in so he was able to get that in place for the relief valve. He got another anchor and installed that to the side of the furnace to hold the pipe in place. Since that pipe kind of sticks out and isn't anchored at the bottom (it's just a way to get water out of the system in case of a catastrophic failure), it would be easy to bump and loosen joints above.
Another big chunk of the afternoon was devoted to seeing how to fix the urinal plumbing issue. I knew Jim would come up with solutions! He first wanted to try to "surgically" remove the glued-in threaded adapter from the drain hub. He had to carefully use his vibrating tool to try and cut the pipe out. A very difficult job made even more so now that drywall is in place.
He had to use his PVC saw in places too...
But finally he got it cut off!
The next step was even worse - he had to try and separate the part of the adapter that was glued inside the hub without breaking anything.
He had to use a small chisel and hammer to try and chisel minute pieces out.
Part way through...
All out! Now he just has to somehow clean all that glue and make it usable again.
His plan is to use a piece of 2" PVC to go inside this pipe and connect with another adapter for the urinal. He cleaned out some of this pipe with sandpaper and was able to get the PVC pipe in part way so the plan is working! He decided to call it quits on this project for the day and move up into the apartment.
The progress on the plastering in the apartment looks amazing - the master bedroom is basically done and the living room is getting there!
Jim worked on corners at the end of the day...
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| High 42/Low 25 - winter weather advisory out for tomorrow! |
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