Mystery of the missing water line



This is the snapped off water line.  Unrepairable inside the foundation.



Cut out of crawl space floor to locate water line. Ripped off line is at the full depth of the hole.

 As I mentioned in closing on the last post. The plumbers were unable to find the water line they had capped and elevated so it could be accessed after the basement was filled.  Add 2 days of unexpected work to the plumbers schedule.  A small section of the new crawl space had to be cut and dug out down to the old basement floor.  Apparently someone had broken off and stolen the copper and brass setup at the basement wall.  

On a more positive note, Windows were delivered on Monday-bright and early. 



The beautiful Monday never materialized and by mid afternoon it was raining lightly. 




Kids tolerating a picture with the grand
parents on the steps to the new house.

 

Being the Columbus Day holiday the kids were off from school and the all the disappointing events of the day were overshadowed by the visiting family.  A tour of the house followed by hot chocolate at Sweet Tease http://www.sweetteasedesserts.com/classic.php?page=1 in Manasquan. 



   Our favorite place to go for a cup of tea, coffee, hot chocolate and a treat.  We lucked out and hot chocolate chip cookies were just coming out of the oven.  Meg and I passed up the cookies for a favorite Vanilla bean scone.



Preparing the window opening

  Where was I, oh yeah the house. By the end of the day Tuesday the windows are all in.



Porch enclosed.







View of the house from the left front of the property.



    The plumber, Brian Perry-Perry's Plumbing and Heating of Toms River- lots of "atta boys" due him- and the electrician Adam Taylor- High Calibre Electric of Toms River- are hard at work. 

The plumber has to find a new place to locate the hot water heater after the HVAC return duct line was run through the utility room in an  area where he was planning on putting the hot water heater.



Former hot water heater location.