We decided to do the water hookup ourselves after the plumber had not showed up for four weeks. So we started digging and discovered that it was going to be pretty impossible to dig the whole 50 feet or more by hand. Then Don had the brilliant idea to run the water pipe through the existing downspout drainpipe that went within about 8 feet of the city water hookup. That meant only an 8 foot ditch 24 inches deep, which we dug Friday afternoon. But it rained Saturday, so we didn’t do anything more.

On Tuesday, the plumber (who we had called and cancelled on Friday) called and said he could do the work. So we hired him to finish up the project and within a couple hours we had water in the house as well as the parking lot graded smooth. And the hot water heater still works, so we even have hot water.

I cleaned out the shower really good and it is in great shape! The sinks are all in working order and the toilet just needs a seal around the tank and all the existing plumbing will be up and working!