A Set of New Pipes

When I think about new pipes, the first thing that comes to mind is a fresh young singer. :) Our new pipes are quite literal, however. Last week, we had every pipe in our home replaced. In spite of it being a huge project, thankfully the plumbers finished it within two days.

John has been in our home for about three years, and in that time there have been four leaks. After the second or third leak, he did some research and learned that our home was piped with "Quest," the popular but bad piping of the 1980's in our area. Everything he read seemed to agree that "It's not a matter of 'if' something will go wrong. It's a matter of 'when.'" Since our home is heated with a heat pump, working hot water is indispensable to a heated home in the winter time, so leaks are doubly bad. The only sure fix seemed to be to replace all the bad piping with new, and after our fourth leak in January, we decided to do it.

And so, in August, we finally did it, haha!

I'm looking forward to our bathroom ceiling not looking like this anymore:


We've had paint picked out for the bathroom for probably about a year! It sat in its can until the hole in the wall from the third leak could get patched up in November, and then we welcomed our little one in December, and then made the decision to re-pipe in January . . . it's about time to get painting!

First, though, I need to clean up all the white dust. John's been patching, mudding and sanding the holes the plumbers left throughout the downstairs, and there is a steadily decreasing layer of white dust on just about everything.

yes, everything!