Our addition is truly becoming a family project. Michael's brother Douglas saw us through transitioning from 100 amp to 200 amp service. My brother Daniel is now the brains behind getting the new bathroom plumbed.

Michael had put in a vent pipe last year, and we were laying flooring in the bathroom when Lilith made her appearance last week.

Pergo: trickier than they make it appear on YouTube.

The boys started locating where tub, potty, sink and shower will be located and started drilling holes, then laid pipe downstairs.

Then came the decisions regarding exactly where to run the sewer pipe.

Yay!  Missed the core filled portion of the block wall!! — Yay! Missed the core filled portion of the block wall!!

Yes, the sewer pipe runs right in front of the new basement window, as predicted, but gives enough space to use it for egress in any emergency.

This is where the basement door used to be...but is no more. It hasn't been flooding since we had it blocked in.

Et voila: hooked into the existing sewer outlet...and doesn't leak!

Next step: getting water into the bathroom!  (This is the manifold that will service the bathroom fixtures.) — Next step: getting water into the bathroom! (This is the manifold that will service the bathroom fixtures.)

And because I cannot help myself:

Oh! We also received our second batch of goslings and ducklings today (to replace those who succumbed to the raccoons). Our raccoon depopulation efforts continue apace, with five 35-40 pounders having become vulture and eagle fodder. We love feeding the wild birds.