Whole Lot of Holes
Friday afternoon came and went. After work, Jason decided we would not sit around and wait for the plumber, that we would just act like he was not going to call and go on with our usual BBQ time. As I was washing up the last few lunch dishes, had the potatoes in the oven baking, and was just minutes away from sitting down in my lawn chair, he called. At least we had not started the fire. We drove over and he confirmed that it seemed we had a problem. He said he would help us find it but it would be after Monday and before the end of Wednesday. Not too thrilled with the promptness, we headed home, started up the fire, and tried to talk about something besides pipes.
After Jason got off work on Saturday, we decided to study the scrapbooks and try to figure it out on our own. We were so tired of wondering.
Using pictures
And a stethoscope to decide where to start.
They decided to look behind the kitchen wall since screws were holding the plywood in place.
Some of the insulation needed to be cut to find the pipes.
And then it was time for the more dramatic cutting. First, a hole was cut in the sheetrock where the pipes for the water heater live. This is in the laundry room. The water heater will sit on a platform that will cover this hole one day.
Insert discussions here that confused the Welding Wife...there were lots of these.
Then before you knew it, another hole was being cut. This one was also in the laundry room, which backs up to the kids' bathroom. The washer and dryer will be positioned on this wall in front of beadboard wainscoat :)
The guys took a break from thinking about pipes and repositioned the shower valve that was giving us issues earlier in the week. Dad was in the laundry room.
And we were in the kids' tub.
I decided to take a nap and wake up from this bad dream...
While the guys cut a really big hole! Same washer, dryer, wainscoat wall at least.
More discussions.
That lead to the pipes behind one of the vanities in the master bathroom. Dr. Jason took a listen...
Before deciding to operate.
I thought I should join in on the cutting.
Unsweating pipes, turning the water on, bleeding out the pipes, etc, etc, went on and on trying to figure out what pipes did what. It really was just a process of elimination and lots of thinking.
At the end of the day we knew a little more than we did at the beginning but still had an unsolved mystery on our minds.
And the Welding Wife had a Hole-y house on her mind. I won't say it was fun seeing all these holes appearing, but it was necessary to find the problem and have hot water one of these days. I am just thankful we did not have the vanities and cabinets installed this week like we thought. And knowing that the holes will all be fixed and hidden one day was definitely the key to not crying :)
After Jason got off work on Saturday, we decided to study the scrapbooks and try to figure it out on our own. We were so tired of wondering.
Using pictures
And a stethoscope to decide where to start.
They decided to look behind the kitchen wall since screws were holding the plywood in place.
Some of the insulation needed to be cut to find the pipes.And then it was time for the more dramatic cutting. First, a hole was cut in the sheetrock where the pipes for the water heater live. This is in the laundry room. The water heater will sit on a platform that will cover this hole one day.Insert discussions here that confused the Welding Wife...there were lots of these.
Then before you knew it, another hole was being cut. This one was also in the laundry room, which backs up to the kids' bathroom. The washer and dryer will be positioned on this wall in front of beadboard wainscoat :)The guys took a break from thinking about pipes and repositioned the shower valve that was giving us issues earlier in the week. Dad was in the laundry room.And we were in the kids' tub.
I decided to take a nap and wake up from this bad dream...
While the guys cut a really big hole! Same washer, dryer, wainscoat wall at least.
More discussions.
That lead to the pipes behind one of the vanities in the master bathroom. Dr. Jason took a listen...
Before deciding to operate.
I thought I should join in on the cutting.
Unsweating pipes, turning the water on, bleeding out the pipes, etc, etc, went on and on trying to figure out what pipes did what. It really was just a process of elimination and lots of thinking.
At the end of the day we knew a little more than we did at the beginning but still had an unsolved mystery on our minds.
And the Welding Wife had a Hole-y house on her mind. I won't say it was fun seeing all these holes appearing, but it was necessary to find the problem and have hot water one of these days. I am just thankful we did not have the vanities and cabinets installed this week like we thought. And knowing that the holes will all be fixed and hidden one day was definitely the key to not crying :)
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