Construction Update

Cabinetry and plumbing in the main part of the bathroom was installed & connected before I left for girl's camp.  The toilet was hooked up; it leaks, so it's not turned on.

Girl's Camp was fun, but it was full of mosquitoes.  I was eaten alive.

From there, it's been a weekend of demolition and construction on David & Sarah's living room / dining room.  I did take a couple of pictures:

The molding went in a lot easier with the benefit of a miter saw.  I'll never try it again without one.

Fully Functional Bathroom... not!!!

Subtitle:
Stupidity: Parts 1 & 2

Part 1: I finally, last night, (this morning?) got to the point of hooking of the drain to the sink and the water lines to the sink & the toilet.  The sink drain is 1 1/4" diameter, and the old fittings were 1 1/2".  Blame that one on stupidity and not checking the parts closely.

Part 2: However, the one that caused me to laugh, was hooking up the old water line to the toilet.   After installing the new backer board for the tile, and the tile, I hadn't even contemplated that the supply hose from the floor to the toilet would now be 3/4" too short!!!  After all, all I did was raise the floor by 3/4".

I have one last chance for redemption (tonight) before I'm off to Girl's Camp & Bishop's night.

Pretty Floor....

All the tile for the floor is now installed. Grouting tomorrow and we can reinstall the toilet by the weekend... maybe....

Pretty picture is forth coming...  I had a problem sending pictures from my cell phone to gmail.  Finally got around to calling t-Mobile tech support: the solution - remove the battery from the phone.  Phone now sends pictures fine again.   The tech said to remove the battery for a few minutes 3 times a week!  I guess rebooting isn't enough anymore.

Watering Grandson

The flowers aren't the only thing that need water:

Mirrors

Yesterday, I got the mirrors installed and the electrical alterations finished.  For those that were wondering about holes cut for the mirrors, each of the two new mirrors is a medicine cabinet.  I also got about half to 2/3's of the tile laid.

911 Superhero

Today was a 100 mile bike rally.  Our crew ran the medical support.  Part of the problem with medical support is having a large enough crew to be able to handle the need, and staying occupied.  Sometimes crew members get bored.  And bored people frequently find something to do.  One of our older members had wandered by the face painting booth and gotten a batman mask.  It was not a far jump until the EMS flag became a cape. 

 

As for me, I played cribbage and took a nap - maybe not as much fun as dressing up like a superhero, but a bit more dignified..

Wiring

I hate snaking wire.  I guess I'd like it better if I used something other than a coat hanger.  Here's the view of the spaghetti in the wall, before Chaelomen came and helped pull it through.

That's a flash light hanging in the 2" X 3" hole for the wiring box with a cosmetic mirror in the hole at an angle so I could see whether I was pulling the right wire or had some other problem.