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The title of my post comes from a twitter saying I started because of all of the news and buzz going around the storm that we received yesterday. Every newscaster was making it seem as though this storm would be the end of the world. So I lovingly dubbed it Snowpocolipse09.

All in all we got about 5-6″ of snow with some ice mixed in. I have a lot of work to do scraping the driveway while my son and wife take an afternoon nap…

Enjoy the pictures below, I hope to take some more this afternoon.

Well, HumpDay is now over and the weak is drawing closer to it’s end.
I still have a ton of work left to do at work and have plenty of things that need to be done for this weekends remodel. If you have been following along you will know that we had to halt remodeling our bathroom in order to put in a new water heater. link. So this weekend we plan on getting to phase three which involves plumbing and some framing… we are hoping to lay some tile this weekend but I doubt it.

Stay tuned it could be an interesting weekend.
David Bates

Hopefully this post will not re-occur for 20+ years
as the title suggest last weekend I (along with George) installed a new water heater in my home. My previous water heater had gotten what is known as tank rot, or rusty butt. where it spills large amounts of water through the bottom of the tank. Here is a picture of the tank before we took it out:

Once we got the old heater out we applied hardy backer to the floor to provide a water-proof and fire-proof covering for the floor. We also began prepping the water heater in the laundry room and tried to figure out the fittings.

we decided we needed to head back to Lowe’s in order to pick up some plumbing pieces. We did that ate lunch and then put the heater in the room. We then realized that we forgot a piece of pipe that we needed and had to go back to Lowe’s for a third time. So finely we got the heater hooked up and water on. But guess what it leaked… This is the point where I am so glad we put the hardy board down. so water off and re tape all the joints we tried again and voila it all worked.

Enjoy the pictures.

BTW: I bought Lowe’s Item# 89263 and had hot water in 20 minutes of hooking it up. I have had three days to mess with it and it is awesome. Highly Recomend.

This week we lost our water heater in our new house. It was installed in 86 and was a 50Gal tank heater. I found out it’s fate on Tuesday with a call to my work from the wife. “Hello… do you want the good news or the bad?” me: “Go ahead and give me the bad” wife: ” The water heater is leaking from the bottom…” me: “Ok what is the good news?” wife: “I am still beautiful and I love you” me: “:)”

So this weekend instead of beginning the finishing stages on my remodel I will be buying and installing a water heater.
If you follow me on twitter you would know that I have also been kicking around the idea of a tankless water heater but alas they cost to much for me to implement at this time.

Wish me luck and thanks for reading
David Bates

This week my job consisted of ripping out the existing ceiling and plaster on the walls. The ceiling went very smooth as it was just ceilatex with no insulation. We also discovered that the ceiling was a drop down one and that we could raise the ceiling from 9ft to 12ft. Me and the wife both love tall ceilings.

This weekend is Electrical and Plumbing.

Have Fun I know I will
David Bates