Articles with plumbing

Construction Days 46-47: Our bad

So we are on to downstairs bathroom. In the last two days the contractors have finished drywall and primed all of the 2.5′ by 5′ space.

Ceiling:

Entrance, with a door frame:

and sink wall:

Except this part they had to do twice. And it was totally our bad. The plumbing lines in the first iteration of this wall were not centered but closer to the entrance. That’s because on the other side of that wall there is a stack and we had palnned to do a bump out for it.… Read the rest

Construction days 40-42, t-t-t-t-tile

More tile. To be sure we made some progress on that front, but how many times can I write about the tile. Ha-ha! That was just a trick, its all about the marble.

The sink was installed on Friday, and hooked up on Saturday (!). Up close:

The only parts left to tile are visible here. We have actually ran into a bit of trouble here. Home Depot/Lowes do not sell short-side cove subway tiles.… Read the rest

Construction days 20-24: July 4th edition

Hope everyone had a nice fourth – ours was great, we actually had about 15 people over to grill and watch fireworks. Our roof view is privy to a pretty spectacular amateur show in addition to the national display on the Harbor and the Mall.

Pictures by Sergey from 4 July 2011, please stand by for this year’s link.

Anyway, progress has been slow and steady on the construction front; Sergey is actually very pleased with the quality of the work.… Read the rest

if you suddenly lose hot water and heat. you may want to try doing this! magically ha

if you suddenly lose hot water and heat. you may want to try doing this!

magically happens. make sure you follow instructions:

1) turn the dial to off.
2) make sure your heater gauge is set to vacation or lowest setting possible.
3) let it sit for 10 minutes to let leftover gas evaporate? you dont want to explode.
4) turn the dial to pilot
5) and press the red button(can be black for reset).… Read the rest