We'll start out with a picture of the joist repair that Shawn did a few weeks ago. Nothing grand, just a simple box beam made by putting sheathing on each side of the I-joist to strengthen it. On this picture you can also see where the main drain line for the master bath ends. The first Wye Combo on the left will drain the shower of the master bath. The second Wye Combo will accept the drain that is coming from the bathtub and sinks. Not shown in the picture, but downstream of the pipe to the right is another Wye Combo for the master bath toilet.
This picture is of the drain line from the other end. The pipe you see with duct tape is the line that will drain the toilet for the second bathroom upstairs. Then you see the three Wye Combos for the master bath.
When he was done fixing that I-joist, Shawn worked on installing the pipe for the radon vent. Then he worked on the drain and vent pipe for the basement laundry. You can see in this picture both pipes. The one on the left is the radon vent. The pipe on the right is the laundry drain, the vent goes up all the way to the roof, and you can see the p-trap and stand pipe for the washer. On the bottom right corner you can see the opening in the floor where the sewage pit is located. Shawn installed the ejector pump and connected all of the piping for it, but I forgot to take a picture of the basement part of it.
This picture shows where the three vent pipes come up from the basement. On the right is the pipe for the radon vent. The middle pipe is the laundry drain vent, and the one to the right is the vent line for the sewage pump.
Next picture is the same three pipes, only looking at them going into the attic. The radon pipe and the sewage pit have to have their own vents through the roof. The vent lines for the downstairs bath and laundry, plus the two upstairs bathrooms all are vented through one vent in the roof.
This picture here is for the radon pipe vent.
The downstairs laundry vent and sewage pit vent have to go towards the master bedroom and bathroom where the vents through the roof are located.
It’s hard to get these pipes to fit in one shot. But here you see the vent line coming up from the downstairs bathroom. Above the trusses, you can see the two pipes coming from the left. The top pipe is for the basement laundry, and the bottom one is for the sewage pit, and you can see where it connects to the vent pipe going up through the roof.
The laundry vent ties into the vent from the downstairs bath, and you can see in this picture where it connects to its vent through the roof. The 90ยบ fitting you see with duct tape is where the future vent lines of the master bath and upstairs bath will tie in to vent out through the roof.
Here’s a picture of the master bath toilet, and its vent. Eventually that vent line will make it all the way to hook up with that duct taped elbow. And that toilet flange is just sitting on that pipe. Someday, and hopefully before Evan graduates from High School, we’ll have that master bath plumbed. So we’re basically done with plumbing upstairs.
Next, Shawn worked on the drains and vents for the basement bath. Here you can see the drains for the double sinks, one on each side. Then each has a vent going up, and the middle pipe is where the drains go down. We’re not sure how the plumber d
id the drains below the slab, but we’re pretty sure that the toilet is wet vented through this middle line, so that’s why it has a vent going up. This is a shot of the same vent lines, only seeing where they tie together under the joists. You can see where they all get vented through one vent line going through an I-joist. This eventually turns up at the wall upstairs, and you saw where it comes up and hooks up with all of the other vents. The horizontal line coming in from the left side is the vent for the tub.
Here, Shawn is making the final connection of the tub vent line. The pipe goes down on the left towards the tub drain, and to the right it goes on to hook up with the sink vents as you saw before.
Here you can see the tub vent. We went to Lowes the other day and picked out a tub/shower faucet, so that we could pick out a matching drain. Sometime Shawn will install it. But first, he needs to frame in the tub, and we also need to put mortar under the tub for support before he can do the drain.
The last thing to do will be kitchenette drainage. Shawn was done with that one, but after messing with the kitchenette layouts, I decided I'd like to have the sink in front of the window. So now Shawn has to extend the drain all the way to the window. It’s not something difficult to do. But of course, I created quite a bit of work because it is so labor intensive to drill all those holes for the pipes. But Shawn still managed to do it in one night. But as soon as he’s done with that, the basement drainage will be done!
After trying to figure out ways to get moved into the basement, we realized that there is really no way that we can leave the duct work out of this phase of the job. It’s too complicated to try and come back to do it later. Not to mention that the electric lines and the water lines can go around existing ductwork, but ductwork cannot easily dodge around existing water and electric lines. So we’ve come to the realization that the ductwork needs to go in. We’ve spent half our budget for this year already, and to put in the ductwork, that basically takes care of half of the leftover money.
Then the electrician sends us his quote, and it’s almost four grand more than we were hoping. He told us that he might be a bit high on his price, so he gave us the name of another electrician to send a quote to so we can compare. Also, as usual, we might have gone overboard on the lighting and switching, so we’ll probably have to streamline our lighting design a bit. *sigh* But I’m hopeful. I still have faith that the Lord will get us into that basement, and we’ll be celebrating Thanksgiving dinner in the new house.
We may end up using the old cabinets from the old house to make do, and perhaps the bathroom might not be as finished as I’d like, but I’m optimistic. God always walks ahead of us and provides pathways when we see roadblocks. So we’ll just keep chugging along.
So we’re going to go ahead and order the ductwork and pay for that. There’s plenty of work that we can still do without having to spend too much. We already have all of the siding bought, and all of the components for the radiant heat bought. So after drain plumbing is done, we’ll go next on the radiant heat floor. In the summer we’ll do siding and see how we can squeeze money to buy the rest of the soffit and fascia. We’ll figure out how we’ll save the money to get the electrical in. I think we should have enough money to get the water lines in. If we can get the drywall in (maybe not taped and spackled, but it’ll be hung at least). And a ceiling? Nah – we like that industrial look with all of the mechanical stuff showing. We might just make that thanksgiving deadline. I mean, who needs interior doors and flooring, and light fixtures? So overrated. Sheets and rugs ought to do just fine. :P
Until next week.
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