Plumbing

The plumbers arrived today. They began to install some of the drain and vent pipes for the bathroom, kitchen and laundry room. The New House Next Door has 8 plumbing fixtures: a tub, a shower, two toilets, two lavatories, a kitchen sink and and clean-up sink in the art studio. There are also some appliances that get connected to water, like the dish washer, the clothes washer, and the refrigerator.

Hole were cut in the wood framing where necessary and plastic pipes were fit and glued in place at all water drain locations. Each fixture has a vent up through the roof - if you have a drain that "gurgles" in your home that's because it is not properly vented- and a sloped drain pipe connected to the sewer outlet in the crawlspace.

Bathroom lavatory and toilet drains

Plumbing for the clothes washer

The plumbers will also install the supply lines that bring hot and cold water to each fixture, the hot water baseboard radiators, and most of the equipment in the mechanical room. (direct vent boiler, hot water storage tank, and heat recovery ventilator). It doesn't make for fancy photographs or exciting commentary, but I'm sure you all appreciate how wonderful indoor plumbing and central heating is!