Log Home Building Project Page 11

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The first thing we did was to attach a 2x4 to the wall to seat the back edges on. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7b3d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Since the dining room is on the other side of this wall, insulation was important. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7b5d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here are the hot and cold water lines complete with easy to access shut off valves.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7b7d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Next, Jessie installed the drain and the overflow valve on the tub. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7b9d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Screwing it in place.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7bbd8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It is important, for obvious reasons, that you get that seal on the back properly installed.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7bdd8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The most interesting picture of all! Ha Ha! This is the hole Jessie cut in the floor for the drain line. It is easily accessible through the drop ceiling downstains. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7bfd8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Installing the drain plug. We kept the handles on the tub covered until we were ready to use it to protect them. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7c1d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Good labor it hard to find, but here are two of Jessie's favorite helpers. They are Mike Michel and our son Parker-Daniil.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7c3d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Here's a hard working young man, Parker-Daniil, building the frame for the tub. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7c5d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Parker-Daniil and Mike Michel working on that last corner.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7c7d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Parker-Daniil looking at his finished product. Good work, son!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7c9d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> One more view, just for good measure.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7cbd8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Of couse, it's not completely finished, but Jessie got it functional by the time Emily and I returned from our hike on the Appalachain Trail. Here is the very first water coming through the cold water line. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7cdd8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I'm so excited! There is water in my tub!! Yahoo!!!!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7cfd8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jessie viewing the results of his labor.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7d1d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> This is the cold water, he also hooked up that other pipe with the hot water. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="7d3d8a20.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="162" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The tub filled up and the jets came on, success! Man, did that feel good after three days on the A.T.!</div> <bR> <div> This page last updated August 2006</div> </td> </tr></table></body>