So maybe you've noticed a dearth of posts on the subject of the
actual HOME that is SUPPOSEDLY the subject of this blog? I mean honestly, we've lived here over a year, and the only project we've completed is the kitchen?! If we don't finish something soon, we'll have our blogger's license taken away.
And I really need that toaster.
Long ago, when we first moved in, Mr. Man and I negotiated a limit on
the total number of 'ongoing' projects allowed at any one time. It
doesn't bother Mr. Man to have holes in walls, or floors, or ceilings,
or a combo platter of ALL THREE. But for some reason when things in the house are askew, it totally freaks me out. It gives
me hives and one really twitchy eye.
Believe it or not, ALL THE HOLES ARE RELATED (twitch twitch.)
Before we can move the
bathroom project forward (hole #1), we have to deal with........a plumbing issue. We ripped up the floor to
fix the joist, and it turns out the plumbing isn't quite legal. We're missing a sink vent. Why is a vent important? According to Mr. Man, there's a danger that when you flush the toilet, it would pull the water from the trap for the sink or the tub out, resulting in wonderful odors and explosive gases entering the bathroom.
Yes. He actually said 'explosive gases.'
We discovered the original vent for the sink. Unfortunately it's in the location of the toilet. So, if we want the toilet to stay in it's current location, we have to install a new vent for the sink. So we needed to rip a wall open to see if it was possible to put the vent in the wall (hole #2).
Now, at the same time, we are trying to insulate the attic. One of the issues of
insulating is, you need to get a vent into the attic from the bathroom to deal with moisture issues, so we needed to.........wait for it.............poke a hole in the ceiling to see about clearance (hole #3).
Twitch twitch twitch. I'm singing that song about the Old lady who swallowed a fly.
I know of a couple who bought an old house.
They demoed the bathroom to redo the floor,
They opened the floor to check the joist,
They married the joist to a big steel plate,
They noticed the plumbing didn't look right.
They opened the wall to fix the plumbing.
They opened the ceiling to vent the bathroom.
I don't know why they bought the house,
You'll occasionally hear them grouse. (twitch)