Good luck with it! My uncle the carpenter/builder always claimed that plumbing was easy, and that all plumbers needed to know was a) "stuff" flows downhill, and b) you get paid on Friday. I have never done any plumbing job that did not require at least 3 trips to the hardware store: the initial planned trip to fill the carefully developed list of needed items, and then at least two more trips to get stuff I hadn't thought of and/or replacements for stuff that I broke along while doing the job. Fortunately I've always lived close to one or more good hardware stores.
stan On Feb 4, 2012, at 11:41 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > ... of mine, been broke a thousand times. > > Apologies to the Isley Brothers. Day 7 of the emergency kitchen remodel: > > Tearing cabinetry out so I can tear the wall out so I can replace the kitchen > sink drainpipe is kind of at a standstill. > > Before I can continue that portion of the work, I've got to cut off the > kitchen water supply. Which means I have to turn off the water to the whole > house. Because the whole house is one zone & the water supply plumbing is a > part galvanized steel and part copper hodge-podge I need to go ahead and > replace it. I don't want to, but that's the quickest way of getting water > restored in the bathroom. > > I have to have a new water supply all ready to install once I start cutting > out the old pipes, so that's what I'm doing now; pre-fabbing the piping for > the new water supply. It's going to be all copper & zoned with cut-off valves > when I get through with it. I know there are plastic systems that are cheaper > (in every sense of the word), but I know how to sweat copper, so that's what > I'm going with. > > I just had to get out of my work area for a few minutes to let a joint cool > without fidgeting with it. > > The only "good" part is I don't have to bust up any concrete floors in the > basement to get to any of the pipes. > > I figure I'll finish pre-fabbing sometime tonight and be ready to cut the > water off first thing in the morning. I intend to time all the work with the > water off so that Home Depot will be open if (when) I find out I've forgotten > some critical component. > > Hopefully by Monday, I'll be ready to get into that wall. > > Back to work. TTFN > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
