Rough Plumbing Installed

During the first of April our plumbers were able to get down to our house to install much of the rough plumbing, actually a week or so before I took vacation. Below are a few pictures of the rough-in portion.

For the central water system we went with PEX rather than copper for cost savings and longevity, and in the first two pictures you can see the green PEX that will tie in to our outdoor wood furnace and our forced hot air system, and it will also heat our hot water tank (picture 2).

We have two hot water tanks, one is propane and the other is electric. The propane will be for summer use, and in case we go away and let the outdoor wood furnace go out, say on a vacation. The second hot water tank, electric is just a holding tank where the water will actually be heated by the outdoor wood furnace and then move to the propane tank for distribution through out the house. Using an electric hot water tank rather than the "holding tank" normally used saved us about $200.

The young guy in the last picture is Aaron, our plumber Harold W. oldest son, who knows more about plumbing than a plumber twice his age.