A Plumber, A Parrot, and a Rotweiler

A plumber in Floyd arrived at his next job only to find his client was leaving. Worried about the client's Rottweiler the man asks if he could come back later. Noticing the plumber’s concern the client says, “Don’t worry about the dog he won’t hurt you, but whatever you do don’t talk to the parrot!”.

Heeding the client’s warning he walks into the house and into the kitchen.
Feeling more confident about the Rottweiler he starts working on the sink. Barely after starting he notices the parrot sitting by the Rottweiler. All of a sudden the parrot bursts out with a slew of insults. Halfway through the job the plumber starts to get angry and tells the bird to be quiet. The parrot initially obeys and then very quietly says, “Sickem' Toby.”

And so begins the next phase of construction - the plumbing. Mind you, I have no experience with plumbing with the exception of using a plunger. So, needless to say this should be an interesting experience. Fortunately, as was the case with the roof, our friend Ben will be helping me - phew!

This morning I went to see the local building official to get a couple of plumbing questions answered. Then it was off to Wills Ridge for the plumbing supplies.

Weather permitting, the septic tank work will begin late this week.




Someone had posted a comment on the last post about how the ceiling finish would attach on the gable ends. Here's an image of how that was addressed. I oriented 2x6's with the wide side facing vertically and attached them between the ridge plate and double top plate.