If I heard it once, I have heard it a million times. People cannot multi-task. Of course this answer will vary depending upon with whom you are having this discussion. The local bar fly (alcohol, stool, bar not needed) vs the educated, well versed scientist. A short digression. Barflies, what a concept. When the Doubter was in his late 20’s his parents opened an all in one gas station, convenience store with hard liquor available for purchase behind barricaded glass wall, bar with no hard liquor only setups and beer, and small dinner in their dot on the map hometown. Locals could buy liquor in the store, go down the hall to the bar and order a burger for dinner. They could not, however, go to the restaurant and drink a beer with their dinner. Alcohol rules for selling and distributing in the great state of Texas are old, odd, and outdated. It was these same locals who held up the solid wooden bar sipping their one and only wife allotted beer over the course of three or four hours would tell it all to whom ever listened. They could hyperbolize, diagnose cures, and account every sighting of the local black panther sighting that ever occurred with the best of them. Nobody should have ever taken anything these bar flies said seriously yet there was always those few suckers. Fools. Anywhooooo….

As I was saying, bar flies will state they can multitask. They are experts are multitasking. Teenagers will state they are the epitome of perfection at multi-tasking. These same teenagers who loose their own shoes, keys, and favorite shirt weekly. Most adults will admit to being able to multi-task. Lies. They are all lies if you take stock to science. BIF is science and math and facts. Nobody can multi-task. Nobody according to APA and the NIH and heck, even the American Society of Employers whom I put zero stock in being truthful or factual state the average employee is only 2.5% effective at multi-tasking.

Facts state that humans cannot multi-task. So if the Planner is working on the bathroom wall while waiting for his final design plan for the utility space to come to fruition is that multi-tasking? Is working on the water line to the Dwelling over a two month period in stages multi-tasking? The work is was not completed therefore the how to complete is still running in the back of his head. When I think about my day to day I think about work, bills that are due, how long I can make laundry day go, and what’s for dinner. You know the daily life of any modern family.

See these bags and bags of fittings? The have been in the works for close to six months. The Planner designed the utility room then when thinking about it for a few days like he does he would then decide something was missing. Of course, never having designed a water heater with an internal pressure pump system that incorporates the external pressure pump and the ability to move water to all outputs in a circular fashion needed lots of design work. I’ve never seen the internal workings of water within any modern home but I cannot image them being this complicated. Or maybe they are. All I know is that there was an external outside valve turning off the water to the entire house and hot and cold water lines coming from the water heater shed to each bathroom, the kitchen, and the laundry room.

Never gave the water system of any home any thought past water comes on when the handle is turned. Living off a well requires a pressure system but this just means the water from the well ran through the pump before heading to the heater. An internal pressure pump has to be able to act independently from the external pump while simultaneously requiring the external pump to pressurize when needed.

This system needed back flow check valve, pressure gauges, pressure relief valve, valves at every exchange, and so much more. Each subsection needed to be solder and tested for leaks individually and as a whole.

The Planner being the Planner each portion of the Dwelling needed its own inlet from the pressure pump water heater system. On the wall you can read Sink Toilet Cold, Washer Shower, Sink (kitchen), Hot Washer Shower.

Once the brass system was in place and held pressure overnight without any loss, the system was then repressurize and checked after the Pex tubing links were attached. From top to bottom, the Pex going up into the ceiling is the water line for the refridgerator. Our fridge does accept a water line but maybe some day in the future I will have a fridge that does. And that would be amazing! Then there is the COLD sink/toilet, COLD washer/shower, HOT kitchen sink, HOT washer/shower, and lastly a stubby going nowhere but was installed an additional water line is needed later for something or another. Installing now was easy, installing later could be challenging.

Pressure system was as a go and was tested several times. Finally the water heater was installed. As it would be the case, this last sweating of copper tubing gave the most grief as the Planner was most cautious about the check valve getting too hot while the torch was torching. To ensure its safety an ice cold wet rag was wrapped around it and then on the Planner when done. It may be the start of October but the cooler weather is far from here.

Completion is such a beauty. Let us take a moment to enjoy this vision.

Faucet was opened, toilet was flushed, sink was opened, and shower was turned on. Everything was tested singularly then as a whole. Not there would ever be all four running at once but still. Lots of cold water being wasted.

That very same evening, our very first load of laundry at home. Very. First. Load. At. Home. EVER. I was excited to have my very own washer and dryer but the Planner was beyond words. He detests the laundry mat and he’s been using once since he moved out of his mom’s house in 1999. There were times we occasionally got to bring laundry home to his moms house. Doing laundry at your moms is nice and clean and safe but the laundry still has to be drug home and then put away. There is just something about wash/dry/put away that makes laundry feel done. Waiting to put laundry away feels like back tracking. Extra work.

Here’s something I knew but forgot. Laundry water is gross. If left for too long in the collection bucket in hot weather the water turns funky fast. As in the very next day funky like sewer, rotten eggs, and bad gas all at once. Laundry water is dirty. Remember the Tide commercial for washing all clothes in cold water will save time and money as the clothes last longer. Its true. Every time clothes are washed the color is washed out leaving dull dingy clothes in return. This water is gray blue due to dark colored towels and blue jeans being washed. Living in sand country I was surprised by the lack of sand in the water meaning one of two things. The sand is still in the washer and I really hope this is not the case. Or the sand has settled to the bottom of the collection tank. While the Planner did leave a viewing line up the side of the water collection tank, it does not allow me to see if there is settlement. Guess the only way to know will be to test the drain at the bottom of the tank in a few months.

Such a thing of beauty. Even if the water heater tank is not correctly installed to the electrical panel. As I said numerous times before, sometimes it seems as projects are never fully completed before the next project is started. Or in this case the kitchen ceiling has already been started. One day the electrical panel will be finished out completely. One day. Not today.

Ahh….