Life, angle grinders, basements (zaibatsu), 04/24/2019
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Working on the basement today. The bathroom is going in 
first, for practical reasons. To be honest, having a one-
bathroom house really hasn't been bad, but the wife would 
prefer not to have everyone rushing everyone else if 
possible. It's a luxury to even have the one, if you really 
think about it. Of course, people are generally busy calling 
their luxuries necessities, and not the other way around.

The basement was already piped for the bathroom, which is a 
great thing, as I'm not sure I would have been up to 
smashing the floor and putting in pipes. In the area that 
was planned for the purpose there are three drain pipes on 
the ground (for the sink, toilet, and tub, presumably.) The 
toilet and tub pipes were put in rough and never finished, 
which means there was about 5" of steel pipe sticking out of 
the floor with a concrete plug in each one.

Previously I drilled through the concrete to make sure it 
was in fact just a plug. That was successful. Today I 
purchased an angle grinder at the local hardware store, 
along with a metal cutting disc, and got to work. I just 
finished cutting off the large toilet drain pipe, which was 
much easier than I expected it would be.

Poured a couple gallons down the drain to make sure it 
worked, and everything seems to be doing well. Next I'll 
install a toilet there, before moving on to the drywall and 
other finishing items.

This is a post about life. Cutting pipes was what life 
included today... it could be a lot worse!