Construction Photos VIII

In spite of the snow Zach got started on the decks. We built temporary staging to hold the yellow cedar joist and then plumbed down for the proper post locations. Zach requited one of his good friends Karl and we hired him to spend many days hand driving 1 ½” galvanized pipe to refusal under each concrete pad. Most pads had 3 pipes driven under them some to as much as 20 feet in depth. The pipes were then tied into yet more rebar.

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It was good when we started seeing the ramp coming into shape.


We tried to be sticklers for organization and did our best to keep tools in order. As you can see from all the red boxes Zach is a big fan of Milwaukee tools.


After the Warmboard went down Zach started rolling out about 3000’ of Pex tubing. Note the heater pointed onto the PEX. It got down into the 20’s during the night so we would leave the heater on the PEX to make it more pliable. The woodstove also helped while were around to keep it going.

As I guy who can remember my dad using copper plumbing in the 50’s and because I like working with copper ewe decided not to use PEX for the domestic water. I’m also not convinced that there are not health issues to take into consideration when running domestic water through PEX in spite of what the manufactures say. In other words I think copper is a better choice for health domestic water. Sure it cost more than PEX, but isn’t your families health worth it?

The cast iron soaking tub was anther challenge since it weighs 500 pounds. Zach had the great idea of getting it up the 2nd floor using pump jacks and that worked great!




In Southeast Alaska one should do their best to minimize roof penetrations so all the waste drain lines are tied into one 3” roof vent. The cast iron utility sink was a must for me. It sure helped when we were doing the sheetrock and painting.