7.30.2018

Jim went back to working on the plumbing connection from the toe board heater.  This has given him a lot of grief - he figures he has about 8 hours just in this area!  Plus the working conditions are worse than normal too - this jointer is too heavy to move so Jim has to try and work around it.  Today he made a plank to work over the machine while he was soldering.

 

 

There were so many joints to be careful of when soldering this area - especially where the adapter met the Pex connector.  This is all the heat shielding Jim had to do to try and protect joints already soldered.

 



 

 But it's all done now and looks great!

So with that finished, Jim was able to test this entire zone.  He had previously tested up to the eating nook but now this zone is finished through the toe board heater.  It's holding steady pressure so far but Jim will make sure overnight. 

Jim is waiting for some parts from Supply House that should come in tonight that will allow him to finish the rest of the other zone.  All the Pex is run; he just needs to make two connections once the parts come.  That will definitely be great news!

However, Jim was able to move on and do something different.  So he started working on the door sill going into the apartment.  Typically, he likes to put the door jamb over the sill but since the door went in first, there was no way to do that.  However, Jim made this a perfect fit and it looks so good.  He just has to do some more millwork on it before staining.

 

The next step was the riser.  He got pieces ready...

 



 

 And then glued them together...

Jim was having issues with one of his staplers so at lunch, he took it apart.  There was a tiny spring wire that had come out of place but then it sprung out of the stapler.  He took a hand brush and swept all around where he was sitting, dumped the dustpan out on his work table, took a magnet and was able to find this tiny wire!  Check it out below to see how small it is!  But he was able to get the stapler put back together and working better.  Always something!

Jim ended up his day doing some trimming...yard work waits for no one.

High 80/Low 59 - nice!