First off the mechanical room is pretty much done assuming I pass my inspection. The boiler is now installed and all hooked up to the distribution system, which in turn is plumbed out to the manifolds for each floor. I then finished off all the supply plumbing so I could fill the system with water and test it for leaks. I was a little surprised to find that even after running 200 feet of hose from the other house that I was still getting almost 85 psi of water pressure. Of course as soon as the water is turned on it drops dramatically. The problem is that recommended pressure at your house should be around 50 to 60 psi. Those of you that have been to my house understand we have a bit of a drop down from the main road (74 feet vertical). This increases the water pressure but the old houses line is corroded inside so much that the flow is cut way down. This means that when I install my monster 2" supply line that I'll have 85 psi or more all the time. What am I trying to say is that I had to do more work. I cut into the supply line and installed a pressure reducing valve to lower the pressure to friendly levels. Then it was fill the system up again and retest. I only had a couple of leaks to fix, all in threaded joints, all my soldered joints were good. Back to pluming in a bit.
As the days got nicer I started working outside again. For my next building inspection I needed 
to have all the windows installed. I had left one of the upstairs bathroom windows out to make it easy to climb out on the roof and do the siding. So I spent a week finishing off the siding around the upper part of the house. OK its not really finished I still have to put the sofits up and the last couple of rows of siding but that is the easy part and can be done after the inspection.
to have all the windows installed. I had left one of the upstairs bathroom windows out to make it easy to climb out on the roof and do the siding. So I spent a week finishing off the siding around the upper part of the house. OK its not really finished I still have to put the sofits up and the last couple of rows of siding but that is the easy part and can be done after the inspection.I also finished off the electrical, both the line voltage and low voltage systems. Last week I called in for an inspection and passed! The electrical inspector was even impressed with my word. He thought I had done a "really great job". There were a couple issues I have to fix but he can check them when I call in for the final. One is just a ground wire that needs to be heavier the other is going to be a little more work. When my radiant distribution panel was built they did not put the wiring in conduit to all the pumps and controllers. He didn't like that so I have to install all that. Shouldn't be too hard just time consuming. The nice thing is they are suppose to come out and put the meter up on the house so I can start using outlets right inside the house and take down the temporary power pole.
Back to plumbing. I have now finished off the DWV (drain waste vent) piping. Last week started to put one side under pressure test. This is done by filling the piping up with water right up to the top of the roof vent. I had it filled up about half way to the second floor when I noticed that water was leaking around the test plug in the basement floor drain. I touched it and oops! It popped out and a I had a 2 foot geyser in my house. I ran out and quickly pulled the cap off the outside plug to let the water out that way. Once the water flowed out of the pipes the floor drain worked really well at getting the water out of the basement!
A couple of weeks ago I went to another auction. (everybody roll your eyes here) Yea, I know what else is new. This time it was a very large door and cabinet distributor in Fife that went bankrupt. There was over 1900 lots. You didn't buy one door, you had to buy a stack, 30+; no I didn't buy any doors (already got those at another auction a couple years ago). I did buy 5 pallets of cabinets though. That equals out to 24 cabinets. After doing a little calculating I figure I can use about 70 percent of them in my kitchen, saving me at least $6000. I also bought some nice vertical grain fir trim and door jamb material. I also got small lot of cabinet knobs and 
drawer pulls. Ok maybe not so small, there is at least 1000, maybe 2000 pieces. Lets just say I was channeling my father when I bought that lot. The great news for you readers is that if you would like to update you cabinets with new hardware let me know. Below you can see some of what I got (yes there are others). Most of these I will be willing to sell for $1.00 a piece to you. If your interested let me know and I'll get you better pictures and dimensions.
drawer pulls. Ok maybe not so small, there is at least 1000, maybe 2000 pieces. Lets just say I was channeling my father when I bought that lot. The great news for you readers is that if you would like to update you cabinets with new hardware let me know. Below you can see some of what I got (yes there are others). Most of these I will be willing to sell for $1.00 a piece to you. If your interested let me know and I'll get you better pictures and dimensions.Last but not least, the last week I have been laying out the radiant tubes for the main floor. I finished doing this last night, now I just have to hook them all up and pressure test them. If all goes as planned I will be having my rough-in inspection next week and getting the floor poured soon after. Then it will be time for insulation and drywall.
This is the floor of the greatroom.
This is the floor of the greatroom.
