Adventures in Plumbing Part Deux

Here Jason is fixing the plumbing.

He got home from work around 10am and went right to bed. J had set his alarm for 2pm to wake him up so he could get started. He never woke up! At 5pm he finally did and we headed for Lowes. We found everything we needed for CPVC.

The copper pipe that was troubling us so much had to be cut out. The shut off valve for the hot water wasn't shutting the line completely and so we had to shut off the water to the whole house. We tried to just heat the line and pull off the broken valve, but it would not budge. Just too much water in the line. It took a few tries to get the new converter valve to work, but we got it. Now we were safe to flush the toilet!

Working with the CPVC was 100 times easier and we are thinking of converting the entire house to PEX, which is like hoses. And it's great for everything except 90degree angles. There was no soldering, so no burning of J's hands, legs or face. What took us days to do with copper took us one hour with CPVC.

Not everything was rosey. You can see the the spiget is not centered, but off to the left. And the on/off handle is backwards. That's something that will be able to be fixed, but after a few days we are ready for a break!

Here you can see the cold water pipe in copper and the hot water pipe in CPVC. When we were all done we cleaned up the bottom of the cabinet. But at least it is done. Almost. The pressure seal is not working too well with the dishwasher pipe. We are going to have to work on that later.

Saturday, J and Taylor, are going to Sturbridge Village to clean up some brush. It's the Stake YM/YW Service Project. Tay doesn't want to go but she'll have to deal with it. I have a friend coming over to the house to help me clean some stuff up. I'm debating between the bathroom and the bedrooms. I think it's gonna be Madison's room. Some reorganization will help make the room more functional. And taking out the 55 gallon bag of give-away clothing will help make the space work better.