Because the entire property only has 100 Amperes (80A main floor, 50A upstairs), the upstairs suite cannot handle the on-demand water heater I had planned … yet. As well, there is no room in this small suite for a water heater of any decent size. (I have a 6-gallon, but for two people it should be minimum 15-gallon.)
So, they will share the main floor hot water tank. To do this, they need a flow monitor to measure how much hot water they use and pay the tenant downstairs.
The work begins. These valves are for the upstairs.
However, none of the fittings worked. The meter has hose fittings, and I mistook them for iron pipe fittings. The guys at Emco sold me the right fittings to connect to the outflow end. As the inflow fittings threaded in, I thought it would work. I should have known that both ends needed the adapter fittings. It was designed for hose use, not water pipe use.
It leaked.
After getting four elbows and the remaining inflow fittings, it was completed, except that it still leaked.
Once again, and about 10 copper crimp rings later, I redid all the fittings with Teflon tape. Finally it was working without leaking.
Next, medicine cabinet. I used a utility knife on the drywall.
Next, bathroom window film. Floyd helped as one person doing it was notpossible.
As I was about to leave, the tenant reminded me that the plumbing still needed to be glued together.
In cleaning up the equipment, tools, & supplies outside, I found the final fitting to connect to the vent stack.
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Later this evening, the microwave from Wayfair has arrived. I’ll have to install it come Tuesday.
