8.22.2018

Things didn't go real smoothly today but Jim still got more apartment improvements done.  He put in two shelves in the cabinet we got from the dentist office so I have more storage room. 

 

 He has plans to make another one too but this is already a big help.

We discovered there was a small leak in the bathroom sink.  This sink has given Jim a lot of grief because there is no easy access to the plumbing.  Today, he ended up taking the plumbing all apart.

Look at how he came up with a way to tighten some of the connections - he had to put a mirror on the floor angled up so that he could see, the flashlight at just the right spot, and then he tried a whole slew of wrenches before finally having to use one of his oil filter wrenches to tighten it - crazy!  But it appears to have worked and no more leaks!

I was in the kitchen this afternoon when I heard someone pull up the driveway - our first UPS delivery!  It was our dryer parts that were missing when they delivered the machine.  That was on the agenda this afternoon too - Jim's checking out the parts below.

He hooked up the washer first.  That all went smoothly and we decided to wash a load of towels.  As soon as the water started filling up, it started leaking out the bottom front!  Thank goodness Jim was there or I would have been in full panic mode!  Once we got the machine turned off and the water shut off, Jim discovered that there is a pump filter on the front that wasn't locked into place!  It is not something you would ever think to check and obviously wasn't closed right when we got it.  Jim locked the filter and we started up the washer again - this time with no issues.  However, in just that short time, water leaked downstairs onto the ceiling of the stairwell. 
 

The dryer has a steam option so the parts that came allow you to make a connection from the washer water supply to the dryer.  However, we wanted the dryer closer to the wall and were planning on putting a storage shelf between the two machines and the hose wasn't long enough.  Jim also discovered that there is a kit you can buy that allows you to vent the hose out the side of the machine, which would work perfectly with the arrangement in the room.  Jim already has the kit ordered.   Since the dryer wasn't functional yet, I just hung up the towels on a drying rack in the wood shop.

So lots of unexpected jobs that took unexpected turns today!

For his final job, he put up another hook I ordered for next to the shower stall in the bathroom...

 Looks nice!

 

High 75/Low 53 - beautiful!