Mission San Jose
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A 1962 ranch with the original galvanized steel. Brown water every morning, a pinhole every spring, and pressure that vanished when the washer ran. Four days, PEX throughout, water on every night.
4 dayson site
1,900 sq ftthree bed, two bath
Mission San JoseFremont
The job
Scope, days,
material.
- Duration
- Four days, drywall patched on day six
- Material
- PEX-A, type L copper at the heater and hose bibs
- Added
- New main shut-off, pressure regulator, expansion tank
- Openings
- Eleven, each mapped on the plan and patched
- Permit
- City of Fremont, inspected day four
- Crew
- Two plumbers, one finisher
From the log
How the days went.
- Day 1
Attic runs
New trunk lines through the attic to each wet wall. Water on at 5:40.
- Day 2
Baths
Both bathrooms connected, old steel cut out and removed.
- Day 3
Kitchen and heater
Kitchen, laundry, heater and hose bibs. Pressure test overnight at 100 psi.
- Day 4
Inspection
Passed first time. Walls closed in the afternoon.
- Day 6
Patch
Texture matched to the 1962 skip-trowel. Ready for paint.
“Four days, and we showered every night. The manifold has labels. Labels!”
The Mehtas