Instead of being out in the rain, lucky James has spend the past few days crawling under the house putting in the new gas line. Lucky is sarcastic because under the house is a dirty, yucky, generally unpleasant place to be. This is according to James, because I'm far too afraid to go under the house.
The previous owner had a gas line for the water heater and the furnace only. The furnace was a floor furnace (that appears to not have been functional for years) with only 50% efficiency and the water heater was a 30 gallon heater in a closet. We're buying a high efficiency furnace and installing it in the attic. We've also bought a 50 gallon water heater and moved it out to the garage. In addition, we're installing a gas fireplace, gas oven and range, and gas clothes dryer-hence the necessity for work on the gas line.
The gas is turned off during this whole process so there's no need to worry about James' safety. Also, the way to test if there's a leak in the gas line is pretty amusing. You hook up all the pipes, turn the gas on, then rub liquid soap at the connections. If the soap bubbles, you have a leak! If no bubbles, no leaks. I'm not sure why, with my fear of foam, this is so hilarious to me, but it is.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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