No contest this week.
Last week's mistake, since I didn't do an entry, was not looking busy enough when the concrete arrived. This meant that my nephew and I ended up with "gnarled wheelbarrow & splinter" hands after toting 10,000 pounds of concrete (a little less than 3 yards of mud) from the truck down the steep hill to our backyard where Mr. Concrete Contractor Guy (very nice man) got it set up and smoothed out. Coulda been worse my nephew said. Coulda been toting it *up* hill.
Back to this week.
But first, did I mention that last week we did concrete pours? 3 slabs in total, one small one in the basement for the plumbing, a large one against the house as a walkway and entrance for the upcoming doors, and another nearby the side door to the garage as a great pad for storing supplies, garbage bins, and possibly a shed?!?
Okay, fine, we'll get to this week's mistake. I had been waffling back and forth between a few minor imperfections as candidates for MOTW. Fortunately I struck gold when I decided to finish putting up some strips crossing ceiling joists for support.
During the process I nailed our main water line.
*BAM!*
Misting ensues, which makes me think it's gas for a second, then I run like crazy to turn off the main water supply, accidentally turning ON the sprinkler system first... DOH!
So. Nail in the copper pipe. Bad move. Even worse, it was late afternoon, I had to get my little guy from daycare, it was snowing pretty good, and the plumber said "I can be there Friday..." in two days!!!
Luckily, Meyer Hardware and a $3 pipe repair clamp came to the rescue.
Back in business during this short week until my plumber comes in tomorrow to manage the rough-in.
Rough-in? You betcha! Despite problems things are moving apace and we've got quite a few walls up. I'll get some pix up to show our progress to date, with framing taking place the last two weeks.
Posted by BilFish at March 9, 2006 08:18 PM