Yes, yes, things have gone very well. We waited two days, however, for this guy.
Tony did finish up, removing that part wall to the pillar in the loft as well as the railing. I've got two rows of flooring to replace, which is somewhat expected.
I did some plumbing, routing the island lines under the sink kick-plate and back out from the wall. I attached a braided faucet hose to each, connected to the supply lines, so that I know the entire thing isn't leaking. I didn't want to close up the wall or bury new plumbing under the kick-plate without being pressurized.
I added chunks of wood, screwed in place, to which the CPVC pipes are strapped for support. The drywall piece covering it all up has 4 holes for the cold and hot water supplies, 2 holes for the aforementioned island feeds, 1 hole for the three electric wires, 1 hole for the drain ... the fridge line pokes out alongside one of the other pipes. It's a work of art !
The extra hot and cold water supplies are a result of Luke not really understanding how I'm going to do this. I suppose that I could use them rather than having additional T's but it would make it more messy, I think. I'll ponder that. I don't know if he could have brought the island lines up inside the wall. Any extra concrete-breaking in there might have risked the existing hot and cold copper lines and drain. All that final stuff that he did was while I was out on my bike ... serves me right !
This is basically what I'm going to have to add under the sink to feed the hot water heater, sink, island and dishwasher.
I'll delete the extraneous hot and cold water lines, simply capping them with shark-bites. You can see the lines running to the island here, up and under the kick-plate and then back out what will be the back of the cabinet. The hot and cold water lines then are tied to those and pressurized to ensure that nothing is leaking before it all gets sealed up.
Here's the up-from-the-floor that will be inside the island - hot and cold water lines, drain and electrical.
Look Ma, we don't need no stinkin' railings ! It's not a good time for grand-children to visit ! You can see the stairway header here, the doors to the bedroom (left wall) and the bathroom (not quite so left) and straight ahead into the dining room. All the door casing trim and crown molding has been removed. The part wall at the dining room is gone and that darker area is the step being extended. It will all blend in once it's tiled. Just to the right of the stair header you can see a small rectangular drywall patch ... that is explained below.
Here we're looking towards the kitchen. The entranceway is much enlarged with the removal of the fireplace facade, the half-wall inside the kitchen and cutting the corner at the garage by 45 degrees. I haven't measured but it's gone from less than 3' to about 5'. Great !
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Next I did some wiring. That little section of wall that was removed had a receptacle in it. I created a junction box down the wall, intending to simply have a plate on it. It's a dead-end run. I also had to move the overhead round box at the small landing, to center it, now that the landing has been cut. I then discovered that I could pull that wire through and terminate it in this box, so I then closed up that new hole. Hey ... it's a process !
For the life of me I couldn't find the circuit that would turn off that box. With six wires coming into it and no slack, I had to turn things off so I simply cut the main breaker. It was light enough in the house to do the work. These plastic boxes with built-in nails aren't meant to be moved once in place. Sure enough, I had to replace the box because it broke trying to pull the nails out of the overhead TGI floor joist. That meant a run over to Ace Hardware to spend $1.50 on a new round box. I have many spare parts, but of course the one that is needed is never the one that you have.
I also did a little organizing for the ride that starts tomorrow. I've got to finish that up today, obviously, since I'll leave for Melbourne FL around 2:30 a.m. on Saturday. I also need to replace my rear tire which had a puncture and some damage. It's fine to use around here because if that damaged spot creates a problem, I can always add a tire boot, but I don't want to start a 1000k that way. My last brevet -- the 200k out of Port Elgin -- had enough tire/tube problems for one year.
Otherwise ...
We had pork chops on the little barbie with rice and Sandy's grilled brussels sprouts. I'd run out of gas just as the prior night's cooking was finished, so this was using a new propane bottle. We had steak, fish three times and chicken once, using the first 16.4 oz bottle -- five meals -- which isn't too bad. Clearly using these bottles creates a lot of trash though.
Onward ?
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