Three week aniversary

well today was a long and productive day... we met with another plumber who seemed to be a little more on his game and more dependable... unfortunately to the tune of 1500$ more than the other plumber... decisions decisions... crazy and cheap or dependable and expensive... we also need to decide if we will put a 1/2 bath on the first floor... it will cost and additional 700$ and we will probably have to refigure our kitchen a little... the plumber gave us a few recommendations of what we should do before he and the HVAC guys get in there and we got started on it right away... removing the cast iron pipes from the outside and inside of the house... we found that the venting pipe had been tarred over at the roof level... we got most of the pipework out... we need to reassess the drain in the basement because we werent thinking when the pipe was removed that we have been doing our laundry at the house and might need the drain... well see how that works out...

we ran into the neighbors two doors down.... they have people renting the house to people that are not so neat... they said they would be kicking them out and getting the house remodeled and they were plannig on moving in... it was good to hear they were as disgusted by the current state of affairs as we are...

we worked away on the deck as you can see in the photos... i have close to perfected my nailing and screwing technique... we got the railing down... and we should finish the porch sunday... its nice to have a 4 day weekend... we can work away on the house and still feel like we have a little time to rest... :)