Let the Plumbing Begin

The week of Thanksgiving the plumbers finally started their work. The original plumbers had some schedule problems, so we ended up getting plumbers that work for the same company that's doing our geothermal work. It ended up working out well because they work together sometimes and the guys who do the plumbing groundwork can better prepare for the geothermal equipment because they know what they will need when it's their turn to install the equipment.

So the plumbers go first. The plumbing at this stage is roughly separated into two parts: the septic and the supply. Supply is fresh water coming into the house and septic is...water going away from the house. Both of these stages need to be done before the slab is poured because the pipes go into the floor.

I've been told there are only two things a plumber needs to know:
1) Sh*t flows downhill
2) Payday is Friday
In reality these guys seem to know a lot more...although I'm confident all of the pipes are slightly tilted downhill. ;-)

Septic goes first. So using the plans as a guide the plumbers dig trenches and put in PVC pipes for sink, shower, bath, and toilet drains. All of the pipes are connected and flow into one large pipe section that goes out of the house under the stem wall to where the septic tank will be.





In less than three days the guys finished the septic pipes. When they got done laying down the PVC, they filled in the trenches around the pipes with sand for cushioning so as things expand nothing breaks and the sand will just give.

Vivi really liked the sand because apparently it was fun to hit with a stick. I told her to go ahead and pound sand.





So now the septic pipes are in and ready for the next step - plumbing for the water supply.






Typically the master bath has the most septic with two sinks, a shower, tub, and toilet




Bonus pics: Vivi found a hockey puck with "Copenhagen" printed on it. Must be some sort of hockey supply company. She proceeded to play hockey with it using her sand-pounding stick...