The major victory for the day was getting the shower drain and sink drain installed. I'm planning to use 36" x 72" Wedi shower system for the shower room, so I placed the drain according to their measurement specs. The trough sink for the main bathroom will have two wall-mounted faucets, and will have one drain to the right side that plugs in to the right wall (below).
I aligned the main bathroom sink drain and the shower drain to be between the same floor joists. This saves drilling holes through joists and makes for a simpler junction in to the main stack.
The sink above approximates what I'm planning for the main bathroom.
"One of these things is not like the other. One of these things is kinda the same."
I forgot about my mild dyslexia and promptly glued the the 45 degree elbow in the wrong position. (The one on the left is the "wrong" one.) So about $20 in fittings goes on the scrap pile, and I make another trip to Lowes -- which I'd have had to make anyway.
It turns out that it *really* helps to have 2 people on a plumbing job like this. It was just not going to work to try and get everything fit together with just me up there -- need one person on each end for these longer runs. So I taped the pipe to the fitting for measurement purposes, and will glue it up next trip when I have a helper. (My able-bodied assistant was running a daughter to a basketball fundraiser and first-appearance at a church dance.)
The upper floor plumbing in context from the underside: On the far left, you can see the correctly fitted drain for the toilet room. In the middle is the beginnings of a sink drain in the master toilet room that couldn't get fitted with a toilet flange because of the aformentioned dyslexic faux pas. On the far right see the the P-trap for the shower drain.
The P-trap for the shower drain (at the bottom), and the sink drain (at the top). They will meet up with a long-90 junction near the P-trap and then get routed through a few additional floor joists before meeting up with the main stack.
Made it up to the parking lot about 10am, just in time to hitch a ride in to the cabin from Jordan & Katie, who have a spiffy tracked ATV.
Looking East from the Yodelin winter parking area.
"In front of this rock I shall build my Haus." ;o)
The snowmobile is waiting for the garage to be cleaned-up before she can hybernate for the summer.
"The melt" facing East from the front porch.
"The melt" out the back door.
"The melt" on the West side of the Haus.
I left the Haus at about 6:30pm after about an 8 hour work day, interposed with a 30 minute lunch break/sun break. It was beautiful most of the day, with a healthy spring shower that lasted about 15 minutes around 5pm.
Spotted a beautiful "crik" as I walked down to the parking lot. If you look carefully, you can see one of the neighbor's cabins peaking out upper right.
Totally exhausted by the time I got home just before 9am. Can't remember how many times I scampered up and down the ladder--measuring, adjusting, and gluing. I tried to favor my left leg this time -- last time I favored my right leg, and it was sore for 3 days.
When a full-time desk jockey masquerades as a tradesman on Saturday, the result is a lethargic Sunday of recovery. God be praised for His designated day of rest. I made it to church at 11:00, followed by a 2+ hour nap after returning home and a sedentary evening of convalescence.
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