I'm not a plummer

[Jeff]

I spent yesterday putting in the shower drain, tieing it in to the old tub drain hoping I could come over from the existing ptrap. Fail. I have to go back under remove all of it as the drain pipe coming up to the top of the floor needed to have a 4 inch onobstructed rise for the seal. It dont. Didnt know it needed that much until I was ready to install the seal. A whole evening of work wasted

[aigheadish]

Sounds like my projects Jeff, good luck!

[Tom King]

Sounds typical for working in hard to get to places.

[Al_Smith]

As a teenager I spent many an hour with a folding gov issue entrenching tool under a crawl space .Fast forward to nearly  60 years old installing 12"  by 24"  square HVAC trunk lines  by myself in 26"  crawl space .All that was all hand bent and seamed .Took me the best part of  one summer . 

[Magicman]

Sorry that you are having some re-doo, but all forward steps seem to occasionally have some "not forward".

Your project will be a total success when the Two Ladies smile. 

[Jeff]

Got the drain sorted out then plumbed the shower. Jumped right into trench digging. Gravel stone and heavy sand/clay. Tammy helped and we got it dug, conduit and pex ran, and covered back up. Got to have a solo cup shower in the new stall.

 

 

 

[thecfarm]

At least you can dig a trench by hand. I had to dig for my OWB lines.  : About a foot was it for me. 
I suppose you are removing a rock with the tractor?
I had to put a brace in for my mail box. I hit a big rock that I needed the tractor for.

[Jeff]

Nope, only used the tractor with the trip bucket to push the dirt back in the hole.  Today is connect the pex day and hook up the water heater connections. I dunno if We'll be able to get hooked in today or not. So far thiis morning  i have multiple muscles rebelling by doing the twist

[Walnut Beast]

What pex tool and rings do you have the clamp one or ratchet 

[Jeff]

Well, I think its both. The tool ratchets a stainless pinch clamp.

[Al_Smith]

I've been doing some excavating myself with a back hoe called "manual " operated by Al .Surprisingly I'm  not as stove up as I thought I'd be .However it's not finished yet .

[Walnut Beast]

Well, I think its both. The tool ratchets a stainless pinch clamp.

That's the newer one I really like them. I have both.  The older one had a solid ring that you would just clamp 

[Tacotodd]

@Al_Smith I resemble that remark 😵

[Al_Smith]

Okay a story .My great grandfather built a house in Universal Pa, a division  of Pittsburgh .In those days ,late20's  they only paid about a buck a day for laborers .Those guys pick and shoveled that rock by hand  .In his ledger his greatest  single expense was for beer for the crew digging the basement . :D

[Don P]

DanG, I shoulda held out for the bennies  :D


 

[Jeff]

I am still not a plummer!

The u.p. cabin. The "We get a shower" episode! - YouTube

[Jeff]

Im using the cedar I tore out to peice the bathroom back together. I cracked quite a few taking them out because Pete used ardox nails with some sort of resin on them. Argh! I was one board short of getting it back together, then found one under the porch left from some other project. I still have the waterheater enclosure to deal with. There was a cabinet from pete's shed at home we put in service.


 



 

 

 



Running out of dry lumber is an issue, but we can make more now. We hauled the mill up. 8)
An Old Sawyer and an Old Sawmill. Following the dream. - YouTube

[aigheadish]

Looks great Jeff!

[jb616]

Can't beat going across that bridge!!!  Going over the grates with a motorcycle is an interesting experience as well and have that trucker with the backhoe stop at my property too!! I almost broke my screen trying to swat those big skeeters.  :D

[Jeff]

When I cross that bridge, I feel the stress just drip out of me. 

[Ricker]

What's this bridge you guys are talking about? I remember a big bridge in the you tube video.  Just curious, as I am no fan of tall bridges or long ones.  I heard tell of a long bridge on the way to Florida from here that is like 20 something miles and it goes under water in a couple places.  No way I'm doing that one.  If I ever try to make it to Florida I guess I have to go to Alabama and take a left.

[jb616]

What's this bridge you guys are talking about? I remember a big bridge in the you tube video.  Just curious, as I am no fan of tall bridges or long ones.  I heard tell of a long bridge on the way to Florida from here that is like 20 something miles and it goes under water in a couple places.  No way I'm doing that one.  If I ever try to make it to Florida I guess I have to go to Alabama and take a left.

The Mackinac bridge that connects Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas. It is a 5 mile suspension bridge and truly a work of art. My dad told stories of back in the day when they took a car ferry across to go hunting. I believe it was built in the mid 50's. The "Yoop" is a different world from the lower, as soon as you cross it is all rock along the road. There are many beautiful waterfalls as well and areas that average over 20 feet, yup, feet of snow per winter.

[Magicman]

I heard tell of a long bridge on the way to Florida from here that is like 20 something miles and it goes under water in a couple places.

That should be the Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel.  It is Hwy 15, North of Norfolk, VA.  We enjoyed the experience just as we did the several times that we have crossed the Mackinac.

[Jeff]

Went to the Sault st. Marie restore. Found this old cabinet, and a cast iron sink with an end drain. All pine cabinet. No particle board. Also got 4 new axe handles with proper grain to rehang some axe heads I have accumulated. Total of 70 bucks.



 

 

 

 

[Ljohnsaw]

Nice find!  I notice there is no toe kick.  You might want to make one which will probably put the sink up at the right height as well.  Or are you gonna make the cabinet a little taller for the sink so you can preserve the drawers?