Plumbing Progress

As the sewer project continues to progress, Jim is re-plumbing the laundry room which means the washer and dryer aren't always at my disposal. I have to make an appointment. This first picture doesn't mean much to me except dirt in my laundry room, but Jim wanted photos of how the pipes run for future reference.  After the pipe is connected with the new sewer pipe that runs to the new septic tank, he tamped all that pile of dirt shown in a previous post with a pipe and a sledge hammer, which is what he is doing in the second picture.

The long white hose is connected to the dryer, which is on the opposite wall from it's usual spot so we can still vent outside. Since Jim is putting insulation in the outside wall and using 2x4s to gain 3 1/2 inches of space with insulation  instead of the 1 1/2 inches without. That means the door has to be reset and this cupboard has to come out, which he is preparing to do. We thought perhaps I could unscrew that last screw while he held it up, but that didn't work at all, so it had to stay up until Jim could get some sort of jacks to help with the job. 

All tamped in and ready for concrete to be poured.

I obviously didn't take any photos of after the concrete was poured. It now is and Jim is reconfiguring the plumbing and outlets for the washer and dryer. 

This is what it looks like at the moment. No cupboard, drywall up, taped and mudded, and a new auto-vent for the sewer which we had done without all the years we've lived here, but the plumber consultant Jim used, says we need one, so we have it. I'm not going to explain what it is for, because it is complicated and I don't really get it, so you can look it up. 

When Jim does a thing, he's going to do it his way and the right way. No, cobbling things together.