Monday, August 6, 2018

PL2018 - Weeks 24 & 25

There is currently a fine layer of drywall dust everywhere in my house.

Not from putting up walls. From tearing down walls and ceilings. 

We're more than halfway through our "Replace ALL the Water Lines in our House" project. The reason for that is the dreaded Poly B... Tubing that was used for the water lines in all the houses in my area. Tubing that as it turns out, has a life span.  

We know that from first hand experience. We've had 7 separate water 'events' in 11 years. They've ranged from pinprick water leaks, to an actual burst pipe. That one, was the messiest and most shocking. It was on a holiday and required an emergency trip from a plumber. Thank goodness we were home when it happened. 

I can't stress this enough: Know where the main water shut off valve is in your home. 

That has come in handy for us. On multiple occasions.  

We have two more ceiling sections to open up. To replace old Poly B with Pex. This is something that had to happen. We've planned our summer around it.  We're nearly done. And although the aftermath of what a mess we have to deal with, hasn't quite hit yet, we're feeling pretty good about the pipe replacing. 

This morning there's a certified plumber in our basement, welding/soldering what Barry can't handle. He's checked our work, and given us a thumbs up. [insert huge sigh of relief here...]

I am so grateful for family and friends that have helped us with this gigantic task. I'm also so grateful for my handy husband, who had taken this on, and done a pretty successful job at it. Saving us thousands of dollars that was quoted to us several years ago to do this very job.

Looking forward to getting ceiling back up.

It's been a while coming...

Here is my layout for combined weeks 24 & 25 of my project life album:


This layout was created consisting mostly of Paislee Press product, the product links are below: 

Paislee Press Layered 4x6 templates - Vol. 6 [couldn't find a link]

I also used the following Sahlin Studio product: 

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