It's been a few days but here is the latest update on Spuds World Headquarters. The water and gas are in. The faucets work. The water heater works. The sink holds water.
Now, how did we get this far with our limited mastery of plumbing? We paid someone to do it, that's how. Actually, only part of it was store bought. The rest I did with my very own 10 thumbs......I mean hands. And it leaked. And leaked. And leaked some more. I cussed, swore, and cussed some more. Educated Gayle in more words than one.
I found that when you rent a tool, have the rental folks show you how to properly operate it no matter how simple it looks. The offending tool in qustion here is a crimping tool for pex pipe....look it up. it's a bugger to operate under a counter, with pipes running about, a 40 gallon tank taking up valuable real estate, and fat feller trying to get a job done. Under those circumstances, leaks are bound to happen.
Gayle made ol Yosemite (I don't know why they call me this), stop, get proper operating instruction and start over.
It worked! The Health dept will be out next week for a final sign off.
Tomorrow, we will be cooking up 30 pounds of brisket and 20 or so pounds of pork butt. May even fire off some ribs and chicken. we'll call it practice for next weeks BBQ Championship. Having taken 2 1/2 Reserve Grand Championships, we are ready for a Grand Champion trophy. And the money that goes with it. Hope it works out.

Spuds BBQ Co World headquarters

Weeeeee'rrrrrrre back!!! The season is opening and the Spuds BBQ Co. World Headquarters trailer is almost done. The plumbing is in, the water heater is in, the gas lines are run, we have running water. What we don't have is the water heater working, the fresh water tank installed, or Joe throwing a Yosemite Sam fit.....I don't know why, best not to poke the badger, er, Yosemite. His patience is typically shorter than a snakes inseam but he's holding steady mainly because Mom Thaete is in town and she is like Kryptonite to Joe's salty demeanor. We are really looking forward to having this done and the health inspector signing off. We have the Big Chill BBQ Competition in Kuna, Idaho where we plan to vend and compete and this rig needs to be ready to rock and roll. Gotta pay this trailer off, build a shop (big enough to get park the trailer and get the Code enforcement Nazi off our rear end where she seems to be firmly attached), and get our '57 Chevy Boss Hoss Trike with a smoker trailer somehow.
Well, tommorow, Joe will get the gas lines pressure tested, the H2O heater going (hopefully) and the fresh water tank installed. Me, I'll have the easy chore of teaching a class full of 3rd graders the 3 R's. I may have it easy.