Andre the plumber has been hard at work in the basement on the plumbing for the conversion. Dean rented a Jack Hammer and we demoed some trenches in the floor, also digging out the sewer main so Andre could hook up to it in a couple of different places. Wherever the basement plumbing connects to the main, a back flow preventer is needed to keep the sewage out of the basement in case of a flood. We added 2 floor drains, one on the laundry room where the water heater is located and a second near the outside door where the other water heater is located. This should prevent any major catastrophe in the plumbing department. For the future expansion into the attic for a new master bath the waste pipe and the vent was run up the existing chimney. Previously the chimney was removed in the attic to accommodate this.
Additionally, Dean and I managed to remove an existing floor joist in the stairwell to accommodate the head room requirement code. In this process we managed to cut the cable TV to the first floor. Luckily a replacement fitting was located and we were back to the Olympics in no time.
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