and the Plumbing continues . . .

Well . . . we're still installing the underground plumbing. I forgot my camera, so I will have to post pictures later. We have continued to be out working on our plumbing every day this week!

The plumbers that helped us out last Friday worked on our house for 7 hours! That's a lot longer than what we thought it would take, but that time would of probably been tripled if they weren't there to help. So, thank you! They finished the sanitary (sewer) line, except for a short run where they ran out of 2" pipe. That night, Adam and I went to Home Depot and bought our supply pipes and fittings. We were there for a couple hours, picking out everything we needed and trying to figure things out.

Last weekend, we finished the sanitary and set up the water test. This is where you put caps on all of the openings coming up out of the slab and fill everything with water. The pipe that you fill with water must be 5 feet above the finished floor. The point of the test is to test for leaks. If you fill everything up and it maintains the water level for 15 minutes, you pass. This test must be seen by the inspector. We attempted to perform this test ourselves . . . failing to realize you must glue the caps on, not just set them in. So, we were running around like a circus, trying to put the cap on that just flew off, without getting soaked. That was fun. Anyway, the caps are glued on now and should be ready.

We also bought the electrical conduit, to run from the meter to the panel under the house. That's in place and doesn't require an inspection. We started to dig trenches for the supply lines and get that going as well. It's much easier to put together than the sanitary, there's just more of it.

We had a partial inspection for the sanitary line on Monday. We got a partial pass - we need to add sleeves where the pipe is going through footings, and we need to set up the water test for him to see. He'll finish his inspection when he comes out to look at the supply side. So, we were able to backfill over part of the sanitary, but not everything.

This past week, we've been putting together the supply pipe and adding sleeves to the sanitary. We have most of the house finished! The sanitary is complete and we just need to supply water to one and a half bathrooms (we finished the master and part of the hall bath). We should be able to complete this on Sunday - we will be out of town tonight and Saturday. We also need to set up a pressure test for the supply - this will also test for leaks. If everything goes to plan (it never does), we will get our plumbing inspected on Monday and will have them prep for concrete starting Tuesday. This means concrete should definitely go in next week! I'll post pictures soon. That's all for now.