Cheers!
I came across this site that tells you how to say cheers in many languages.
How many ways can you say it?
Cheers
Salud
Na zdrowie
...
4/25/2008
12/23/2007
12/15/2007
The Darwin Awards
Every year the Darwin Awards are given to those individuals who have improved the collective gene pool by removing themselves from it.
I suspect this is all too frequently proceeded by the phrase "Here hold my beer and watch this!"
link
9/30/2007
Done with the Cold Water
We've reached a major milestone with the re-pipe. We have finished with the cold water piping. This was more involved than the hot water will be since it involved re-routing the supply into the house as well as routing around the house to get to the garage.
We still have to re-pipe the hot water, but that won't be anywhere near as complex a job as the cold. Then, of course, there's the drywall to replace...
9/19/2007
9/15/2007
Tales of Copper Re-Pipe
We finished the repipe of the cold water line to the kitchen last week. I learned that a "dry" pipe can suddenly gush water and ruin the joint you're trying to solder. I bought 20 feet of plastic tubing to shove into and blow out any line before I try to sweat another joint.
We're now working on the cold water line to the master bath and garage. We'll have to wait until it's 100% ready before disconnecting the existing connections under the slab. Actually I have no idea what path water takes to the garage. I will need to find out before I can re-connect the laundry.
9/04/2007
Old Pipes
Here's one of the reasons I need to re-pipe.
This is the hot water pipe, above and behind the water heater.
I wonder how long this would last...
8/11/2007
Working on the pipes...
For the last few weeks we've been trying to cope with our piping problem.
We called a major copper re-pipe specialist here in southern California, who came out right away, and quoted us 2100 dollars to re-pipe the addition (master bedroom) in the attic, or 5000 dollars to re-pipe the whole house. We signed a contract for 2100 dollars. They sent a guy out the next morning, looked around for a half hour and called his boss, saying "this isn't the kind of job I want". Next day the supervisor came out and called around for a couple of hours, and said another plumber would be there that afternoon. Never showed, never called. Next day we exercised our 3-day right to cancellation.
Looks like the cheapest, most reliable "plumber" I know is typing this blog entry. I already know the two things a plumber needs to know -- crap flows downhill and payday is on Friday. (a plumber told me that - it's a joke)
So we start exploring in the walls and ceilings. Turns out the original house is supplied from the addition, two copper lines to/from the water heater. The original house is all plumbed in old galvanized pipe.
We'll be re-piping a section per weekend as time, skills (limited), patience (also limited), and heat waves (unlimited) allow.
I took last Friday off so Basia (my helper and supervisor) could assist me -- she had to work Sunday & Monday) , and we re-piped the cold water line in the front bathroom. We also replaced the shut-off valve and brought the supply back in through the original house, to the water heater. Now we have full time water supply to the front bathroom and kitchen.
Our next task, working our way front to back is to re-pipe the cold water line to the kitchen.
8/06/2007
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