The worker bees are a bit upset because the elevator’s been out of service all week and they have to lug stuff up and down the stairs.
The plumber was here on Tuesday to set the valve. The decision was made to leave the old P-trap in place and just replace the flange and upper drain parts. First attempt to remove the old flange didn’t work, so Paul loaded it up with penetrating oil.
With the walls open, I did spot an area where a cold water pipe came in contact with a metal stud—most improper construction. There was a bit of discoloration on both the pipe and stud, but no obvious pitting. According to the plumber, any corrosion should be visible on the outside, so if it looked OK, just wrap it with electrical tape. I’m not 100 percent sure I’m buying that, but that’s where we are.
Yesterday, the plumber was able to unscrew the flange and after much hammering, he was able to remove the three mounting bolts. He’s supposedly procuring replacement parts that will fit. If he can’t find the proper parts, the cement around the old P-trap will have to be jack hammered out and the trap replaced. Until the drain issue is resolved, Paul can’t do anything with construction of the shower pan. We certainly don’t want to jack out freshly-installed dry-pack and sealer. Around the plumbing work, Paul was able to do his framing reinforcement and get most of the backer board up.
I have an issue with the placement of the valve with respect to the surface of the finished wall. I expressed my concerns to Paul and plumber dude, but the plumber says were fine and Paul wants to grant him his technical due. Now that the backer board is up, I’m not feeling a whole lot more confident, but we’ll see. I HATE re-dos.
No Hawaii Five-O ‘cause KHWE is selling Jesus annuities. Bummer.
More pictures.