The secret lives of historic building renovators. What are they doing in there? I know the neighbors wonder, we blocked all view with visqueen, so the windows tell no more secrets. We had to. The wonderful main drain that we have now replaced was done by certified licensed commercial plumbers, and they only worked by night. They were tiny men, with hammers, and in the still of night, they jerked that old drain out and replaced it with a beautiful teal code inspectable pipe. Wa-Lah! Just like that!! Wanna see?
In fashion colors!!
So now, we have 26 8″Clay drain pipes that we can use in landscaping. As the little men worked, they realized that the pipes were indeed full of gravel. Right up to the sidewalk side of the building! Is it any wonder the building had stopped draining? Is it any wonder? Poor building. Just a bunch of dumb luck, a bunch of neglected issues, starting small, ending big. I mean BIG. That pipe was big! Those little fellows worked all night banging those giant pipes into place! Connecting them up, and then waiting till morning for Zac to come to the building and inspect their diligent, earnest work. I am so proud of those little buggers!
Wanna see the old drain pipes? Check this out! How did those little fellers move them? And the nicest part was, that right before the little men left, on their way out, as a last favor to us for hiring them, they hooked up the front little makeshift bathroom that I don’t even think I had ever looked at. So now we have a flushing toilet, and a running sink, a real office! A real live office!
Before the cleaning!!!
These are soooooooooo 1920!