Water Heater and painting

Had the water heater checked out today. There wasn't really anything wrong with it. He just cleaned it and got it to light and stay lit. Only cost $80 - so I am not bothered by that.
Interesting note, the water heater person had been at this same house a couple years ago. Apparently the previous owner had a shady contractor in doing crappy work. She hired this company to come out and give her a list of what needed to be done to get the work up to code. Basically, he said all the plumbing had to be redone. Poor woman. She lost her house a year later, after putting in all that money.

Today I got the rest of the kitchen painted except for touch ups. I also reinstalled the stove hood (which I painted white), and painted the rest of the bedrooms upstairs. Then I started the edging around the bathroom. Tomorrow I plan to finish painting the bathroom, then remove the doors to the bedrooms upstairs so that they can get painted. Fingers crossed that I will finish all painting this week.
Then it's pretty much just counter tops.

Plumbing

There was good news and bad news with the plumbing. The handyman opened up what we thought was the pass through for the pipes and found this:

Not a pass through - but a solid beam (covered with plywood). So, we weren't quite sure how to proceed at this point. The question was whether to open up the ceiling and find the pipes or go through the wall in one of the bedrooms. Since we didn't know the status of the pipes, other than that there was a big leak - we decided to go behind the tub.

After opening up this wall - the problem was evident. The cold water pipe had separated just above the shut off. It wasn't broken - it had just popped out. Got that soldered back into place and no more leaking!! So - we didn't have to repipe anything. Saved me money and time that way.

The bad news is that the water heater doesn't work. Tried that today. It's only 3 years old, but won't light up. So - have to have someone come look at that. At least I know a fixed price ceiling on this, in case it would have to be replaced in a worst case scenario.

Now I can start putting the kitchen back together. It looks bad now LOL

Rehab week in review

Got a good chunk of stuff done this week.
- Replaced panes of glass and trim in doors
- Seeded the back lawn
- trimmed the lilac bushes
- painted trim and walls in living room
- primed the old refrigerator area
- grouted bathroom tile
- installed shower surround
- installed toilet
- installed light fixtures in bedrooms

Had a handyman come today to review some projects (licensed electrician). He is putting in wiring for a hood and a dishwasher. Running plumbing lines for said dishwasher and removing old plumbing from the closet toilet. Plus, he will be putting in a new hand railing outside. He is also working on the circuit breaker box, there are too many outlets on too few circuits, so he is going to fix some of those for me. Work will take about 2 days, and he is scheduled for Wednesday.

Bathroom when I bought the house:

Bathroom currently:


My new sink (dry fit)