Of course, Jim regrouped from yesterday's issues - not to say that they are resolved yet though. But he did some research and found some end caps that come all the way down to the floor (ours taper in right now) that should hide the broken tile.
Jim spent time this morning clearing out the broken area thinking that he would bring both lines through this area. However, when he went down below to make sure it would come down in an okay area, it was even worse. It actually comes out inside the wall of the bathroom below but at a horrible spot - right above the conduit that supplies the kitchen with all the high power electric wire, right at the corner of the wall. That wall section is the only one that is a full sheet of drywall - the rest had to be cut to fit under the trusses. So Jim would have to take off the corner bead, take down the thermostat, cut and remove the drywall - and it still is not a good spot.
Another thought was to take the line from the living room into the bathroom and back. However, that would require Jim drilling two holes through not only the side flanges of two steel studs but also the rafter support beam that goes through the bathroom wall. There's just no way - using a hole saw and drilling holes in steel is not easy when it's flat, let alone try to practically stand on your head in the corner and drill through all those layers. There would be even more potential to mess up a lot of finished work.
So back to Plan C maybe? Jim is going to investigate options and maybe by a small blank heating section (no element inside) and use it to go on the back wall behind the toilet but just extend about a foot so that it won't interfere with the toilet. Then he could bring the lines through that and it should be on the inside of the bathroom wall. So stay tuned... Thank goodness Jim is a great problem solver and doesn't ever give up when confronted with challenges! However, this is the perfect example of not being able to preplan everything - you just can't design for every finishing detail years downstream when you are building walls (although Jim does that to perfection!).
So after that, it was time for something a little less mindboggling. Jim started on the flooring in the second bedroom. These first pieces are the challenging ones though - everything has to be hand nailed.
Extending the keel board into the room. This had to be nailed on both sides because the side closest to the wall will have the splines in it.
End-of-the-day...making progress into the room now!
View from inside...
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