KnArrow Haus Blitz Week - Days 4, 5 & 6

Worked until 4pm on Thursday, the 4th; then until exhaustion on Friday and Saturday.  Got epic amounts done:

• Finished all the water-supply plumbing runs to every fixture and down to the wall where the main comes in through the floor -- the only things remaining are to hook-up all the lines in to the hot and cold manifolds, connect to the water main, and install the hot water heater.
• Mounted the first ventilation fan between the floor joists in the laundry room ceiling, and planned where to mount the fans for the other two floors. 
• We added a joist to the fireplace shed roof after the fireplace installers hacked it up the first year.
• Katie got pretty much *every* electrical box mounted -- electrical outlets, switches, sconce boxes, can lights, ceiling fan boxes, thermostat locations (one on each floor), etc. There was a lot of mind-changing, rethinking, and repositioning.
• We drilled the holes for the ceiling sconces on the ceiling of the front porch overhang and found the wires Bryan installed last year. 
• We finally corrected the scaddywampus garage door tracks that the installer ran through our framing walls. Moved the brackets, and cutt off the ends. 
• Designed the master bedroom closet and bunk bed.
• Managed to celebrate a birthday and Independence Day.

During the week, I ran out of PEX twice and expansion rings once, and managed to replenish sufficiently to complete the week. 

Here's the pictorial account:

Water lines from the upstairs bathroom shower and double sink running through floor joists.

The water lines from the master bathroom and toilet room.

The upper floor water lines running down the sheer wall on the main floor. 

The upper floor water lines running down the sheer wall on the main floor

The upper floor water lines running down to the basement and in to the laundry room.

All the water lines terminate on the left side of the laundry room wall. 

 

This is where I left the roughins for the kitchen sink and dishwasher on Friday.

And here's are the kitchen sink and dishwasher rough-ins at the end of Saturday.

The refrigerator icemaker and toilet room rough-ins on Thursday.

The refrigerator icemaker and toilet room rough-ins on Friday.

The rough-in for the main floor toilet room sink was completed Saturday.

Fishing and routing all of the PEX from the upper levels through the sheer wall on the main level while avoiding a major beam proved challenging.

This is one of the final projects, to connect all of the water lines to manifolds,

and then to the water main, which comes up through the floor.

Drilled the holes through the Ipe ceiling in the front porch overhang.

Drilling holes above your head is no picnic. My shirt pocket was full of sawdust,

and I found some in my ears this morning.

A late night design for the master bedroom closet and bunk bed.

Closet doors on the front, open shelves on the side, and a bed on top.

Thus concludes 6 straight days of work on the cabin. I'll be up again mid-week to meet the fireplace installers who will add stays to the top of the chimney to brace it, install a new chimney cap, and route the wiring so it passes inspection. We also have a friend-electrician scheduled to complete all the work by the beginning of August. And the plumbing should also be completed and ready for inspection at the same time. Katie is going to start getting bids on insulation.