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We — well, mostly dad — busted our butts to get the gas line replumbedso I could have it inspected and turned back on today, but the custom-cut-and-threaded pipe we got on our fourth trip to Home Depot wasn’t threaded properly -- the fittings locked up two threads in. At 5:30 p.m. on a Sunday, the local place wasn’t open, and we didn’t want to bring stuff back to the same guy who screwed it up the first time.
We’re going to take off from work early and go back to Home Depot to make them eat the messed-up pipe (financially and figuratively, though if they’re not meek and diligent I’m afraid my imagination will get disturbingly literal), and either get them to fix it or head down to Oly Supply, where the staff is generally knowledgeable… and the prices are much steeper.
Oy vey, this is NOT a fun part of the project. I spent a ridiculous amount of money this weekend, and I’m afraid I worked my pater to the point of injury. I just don’t have the strength for working with threaded black iron. He was sweating and cursing and making disturbing popping noises. :(
I'm also a bit down about the floor. It's great to have the last bits of subfloor down, but the middle section -- over where the concrete shattered -- is squeaky. That means it moves, which'll mean broken grout lines or broken tile. And since it IS over the shattered-cement area, it's almost certainly a problem happening between the joists and sleepers, not twixt joist and subfloor, so there's really bugger all we can do about it at this stage. The only thing dad could think of was layering another round of inch thick subfloor on top, with staggered joints... and that messes up the floor height.
We’re going to take off from work early and go back to Home Depot to make them eat the messed-up pipe (financially and figuratively, though if they’re not meek and diligent I’m afraid my imagination will get disturbingly literal), and either get them to fix it or head down to Oly Supply, where the staff is generally knowledgeable… and the prices are much steeper.
Oy vey, this is NOT a fun part of the project. I spent a ridiculous amount of money this weekend, and I’m afraid I worked my pater to the point of injury. I just don’t have the strength for working with threaded black iron. He was sweating and cursing and making disturbing popping noises. :(
I'm also a bit down about the floor. It's great to have the last bits of subfloor down, but the middle section -- over where the concrete shattered -- is squeaky. That means it moves, which'll mean broken grout lines or broken tile. And since it IS over the shattered-cement area, it's almost certainly a problem happening between the joists and sleepers, not twixt joist and subfloor, so there's really bugger all we can do about it at this stage. The only thing dad could think of was layering another round of inch thick subfloor on top, with staggered joints... and that messes up the floor height.
