Trenches, Shower & Soffit

This week at the Harris Residence, we've been up to a few things. Adam added a shower pan membrane to the master shower and tested it for leaks. It passed, so we are ready for tile (that'll still be awhile).

Here it is. We stapled it to the blocking at the top. Tile backer will cover at least six inches of the menbrane down the wall. We also had to double up the membrane and cut a hole for the drain.

Adam and Brian put in a soffit in the garage for the dryer exhaust. Now, the exhaust duct has a direct route out of the house, which is good for the dryer.

Here it is in the back of the garage.

Another view of the soffit. It's not very deep.

Earlier, Adam dug out the 4" sewer pipe from all the dirt that had washed in during the rain. He made the connection for our house to the sewer line.

The connected sewer line.

Yesterday, I helped Adam fill the trench back in (and by "helped" I mean I shoveled a little bit then got tired in the heat. So I took the wimpy job of spraying down the dirt with water to make sure the pipe is packed down tight.)

We put a yellow caution line in about a foot below the line, for future digging. This way, no one cuts through the pipe accidentally (hopefully).

And here it is all filled in. We'll make it perfectly level with we grade the yard.

Adam is set to pick up the electrical stuff tomorrow and we should be wiring the house this week.