The bathroom/shower has been the slowest and most frustrating room. Those of us on site do not have the experience in plumbing so we have been reliant on volunteers. Travis got all the plumbing completed for the shower and sink before he left in the beginning of February but did not test the lines. The room sat until Phil arrived late February. Unaware the line had not been tested, Phil installed the backerboard. He completed the project and we thought we were on the way to having a shower. He hooked up the hose to make sure the sink and shower worked. All was good until water started dripping from the solder joints in the shower line. This meant all the backerboard had to be removed and the piping replaced or repaired which would not have been a big deal except Phil was leaving the next day. We had no one scheduled to be here right away to fix it and Phil was not returning until the end of March.
One of Sarah's friends CJ was visiting from Montana and we put her to work. She had some experience with plumbing. She was not going to enjoy her visit. We wanted a shower! Roby pulled off all the backerboard and CJ got out the blow torch. She completed the re-soldering and we tested the lines. No leaks. Yea-we were so excited. Our enthusiasm did not last very long. Two days later after Roby had re-installed the backerboard we were going to panel the closet behind the shower. For some reason we decided to re-test the line just to make sure. As Roby went out to turn on the hose I kept my fingers crossed. My smile turned upside down as I witnessed major leaking in the pipes. Now it was not only coming from one solder joint but from three different spots. Our goal of having a shower vanished. All we could do is count down the days for Phil's arrival on March 30th.
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