Plumbing

Don Buchanan and his crew from Evangeline plumbing are doing all the plumbing work including in-floor radiant heat.

The basement is plumbed for a future kitchen and bathroom. It's a lot easier to do it now than later. Who knows if we'll ever build a downstairs suite but it's nice to know the option is there. The small black tank half buried in the ground is for a pump since the inlet to the septic tank is higher than the basement floor.

Here the guys from TAD's Construction are pouring the basement floor. You can see the radiant heat pipes and insulation being covered by the concrete.

The radiant heat pipes are laid for the main floor. A thin layer of concrete will be poured over them.

The radiant heat pipes are laid for the upstairs as well. A concrete overpour will also be done on this floor.

The back wall of the main entrance closet. There's not a lot of places to run things up to the second floor so we ended up with ventilation, electrical, sewer, plumbing vent, and radiant floor heat pipes (for second floor) in that one little wall.

The plumbing is all done. Hotwater heater is in, everything is hooked up, pump is in the well, fixtures are installed, and here is the heating system. All the floors, including the basement, have infloor heat and here is where all the hotwater comes from. The grey box on the wall does all the heating. It's an on-demand boiler so there's no water sitting around in a tank cooling down so that we have to heat it again. All the piping and valves around it control distribution to various zones around the house, each with their own thermostat. We'll save our pennies and eventually add solar to the system and significantly reduce our reliance on electricity (as well as our power bills).