We got the upstairs sheetrocked. And the upstairs is already on it's second coat of mud, so it's moving along nicely.
The guys are sheetrocking the downstairs right now. They should be done by the end of the week.
It pays to be paranoid. I went ahead and told my plumber to replace the main water valve that feeds the house. I got a badass high quality brass one for free from an overstock order at work so I had him put that in. My plumber was hesitant to do it at first because nothing was wrong with it, but I insisted and I'm glad I did because we found the old Chinese Tallow tree roots growing in and around the PVC supply line. So we cut all of that out and replaced the valve.
Then my plumber dug up and fixed the absolute garbage mess that was the sprinkler and pier water supply line. I had the sprinkler line capped off because like everything else in the house, it was installed incorrectly and none of the sprinkler lines worked. I also hate sprinkler systems and I don't give a shit what my st. augustine grass looks like because it always grows back
This pvc connection was concreted over (we couldn't figure out why as it made no sense) and broke as soon as we picked it up. That line fed the pier and sprinkler system.
This was the rat's nest of shit they took out. There's 4 valves there in that mess.
I went ahead and had my plumber fix the waterline to the pier since he had to run to the store to get fittings anyways. So my pier is hooked back up to a water line and it has a copper flex line between the bulkhead and the walking platform. He also added an air nipple fitting so I can hook up and airline to it and blow out all of the water in the supply pipe so it won't bust when it freezes.
The guys are sheetrocking the downstairs right now. They should be done by the end of the week.
It pays to be paranoid. I went ahead and told my plumber to replace the main water valve that feeds the house. I got a badass high quality brass one for free from an overstock order at work so I had him put that in. My plumber was hesitant to do it at first because nothing was wrong with it, but I insisted and I'm glad I did because we found the old Chinese Tallow tree roots growing in and around the PVC supply line. So we cut all of that out and replaced the valve.
Then my plumber dug up and fixed the absolute garbage mess that was the sprinkler and pier water supply line. I had the sprinkler line capped off because like everything else in the house, it was installed incorrectly and none of the sprinkler lines worked. I also hate sprinkler systems and I don't give a shit what my st. augustine grass looks like because it always grows back
This pvc connection was concreted over (we couldn't figure out why as it made no sense) and broke as soon as we picked it up. That line fed the pier and sprinkler system.
This was the rat's nest of shit they took out. There's 4 valves there in that mess.
I went ahead and had my plumber fix the waterline to the pier since he had to run to the store to get fittings anyways. So my pier is hooked back up to a water line and it has a copper flex line between the bulkhead and the walking platform. He also added an air nipple fitting so I can hook up and airline to it and blow out all of the water in the supply pipe so it won't bust when it freezes.
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