5/18/19
Building Summary: Today I caulked along the shower’s interior edges, some of it’s exterior edges, and I finished caulking the area to the left of Jacobhouse’s front door (mentioned yesterday). This was followed by my cutting two pieces of plywood for the interior side of the pocket door wall and then by my hooking the shower stall up to the water stub-ups via hoses Padre and I procured from Sparr a few days ago.
Commentary: T’was another productive day at Jacobhouse today. I think this past month has been my favorite part of the construction process. There’s been no waiting for supplies (i.e. no cupboard-ordering trials) and no questions of ‘how do I proceed‘, while at the same time, there has been visible indicators of progress each and every day I leave the container home. Saying as much, today met all these criteria.
The most notable achievement this day was the plumbing in of the shower stall. All it took was my connecting two hoses from the control spigot to the stub-ups I extended yesterday. I then proceeded to perform a brief test despite there being no drain*. It was a complete success. Both the top-shower and the hand-shower emitted water at full blast with no leaking anywhere – neither from the stall’s fixtures nor from those that belong to Jacobhouse.
I know it’s going to be a while yet, but when I saw water pouring from that top-shower’s head, I felt closer to the completion of Jacobhouse than I ever had before.
Final Note: Tomorrow I plan on cutting and fastening in two boards that will fill the gaps to either side of the shower stall. (I may also see what it looks like if I fabricate a diagonal piece of plywood to extend between the left corner of the shower to the right corner.) After that, I intend to trim** and fasten up the pieces of plywood I cut today.
*Padre asked how I did the test without a drain. I told him it was a short test, which it was. What I didn’t say, however is that one doesn’t need a drain when dressed in perfectly absorbent clothing. Thus, Jacobhouse’s first shower has already been taken.
**I need to cut out the hole for the bathroom’s LED strip light.