Plumming
Peek-aboo, I see a u joint. (I dont know what it’s called but it sounds punny)
Removed the air vent from the sink in the bathroom. Covered the hole with a piece of foam board. Look there’s already a hole for a exhaust vent now!
This isn’t all that interesting since it’s all going to be replaced but suffice to say, pluming has a little bit of a learning curve, but then it’s surprisingly easy.
I don’t know if the pipes/ pluming are still the same they used when it was built in the 1940’s - but it’s still old. The way the cabin was built, with the pier foundation makes it really easy to get underneath the house and work on it.
We only repaired the shower and moved the kitchen sink into the bathroom but it was enough to get the confidence to realize we could do future pluming projects ourselves.
What made the pluming repairs the most difficult was trying to find the parts to adapt the old style fittings and pipes to what’s available today. When you remodel 460 you’ll be replacing all the pluming , ideally with plex (to help with freezing issues) and working with the new tech would be 10x’s easier. That combined with the size of the cabin and the pier foundation will make for a pretty easy upgrade experience. Right? Right!
Noteworthy is Big Bear’s cold winters mean you need to shut off the water to the cabins if you’re going to be away or the house isn’t being heated. We never had pipe burst - well the shower did once but that wasn’t because of the cold. We were going to install an automatic/ smart shut of valve to the house to be able to control it remotely.
At one point we were doing dishes in the bathtub, but we managed to move the sink successfully, One sink is better than none!
