7.28.2018

Jim went back to work on Pex tubing today - and basically has all of the runs done.  Yay - this has been a ton of not-so-fun work for Jim.

 

Here are the 4 lines going to the manifold (2 supply and 2 return).  He still has to make the connections to the manifold but the Pex is all run.

 

It looks so neat out in the wood shop too.

 

So  the toe board heater was the last piece of the puzzle that needed to be done in the apartment.  Jim first marked where the heater had to be placed and drilled pilot holes.

 

Then he used his hole saw to make the holes through the flooring...

Trying the heater out for size.  By doing so, Jim realized that it was going to be impossible to get the heater with the soldered down tubes on through the opening.

So he did some modification of the floor of the cabinet...

Then he soldered the down tubes onto the heater.  The heater required 1/2" tubing so the last connection had to be a converter to the 3/4" he is using everywhere else.

 

Now the heater fit in perfectly and Jim got it fastened down to the flooring.  So all of the heating work that needed to be done in the apartment is now finished!

 

 

The view from below.  As you can see, as luck would have it one of the down tubes came down right through the runner Jim made to anchor the Pex.  So he had to drill through the runner and make that down tube longer to compensate for the extra length required.

The only other plumbing that needs to be done in this area is the connection from the heater over to the heater in the eating nook - a distance of around 5'.  But Jim had used every bit of the two Pex rolls he bought.  He's going to use copper to connect the two.

Jim put polyurethane on the laundry room door sill today and it looks much less shiny - perfect!  You can also see he attached a door stop into the floor.  We had this type in Ohio and really liked them.  This stop had to keep the door out a bit further because we plan to have barn doors over this opening.

Jim resanded the bathroom door sill and then put another coat of polyurethane on it. 

 

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