Found a snake, banged my head, finished up the 2" returns!

adamfre

Everyone's basement probably has that one 'Tim the Toolman' pipe they frequently hit their head on while descending the basement steps. Mine happens to be a 140 year old floor joist.
When I got started this morning I started down the steps and noticed a small snake at the foot of the stairs! I bent down to check him out, turned out it was a wayward garden snake that had managed to find his way in to get away from the cold outside. After poking him some and figuring out he was alive I decided to go back upstairs and grab a Tupperware bowel to catch the the critter with (don't tell my wife!) I jumped up real fast and did not realize I was beneath the beam of many names and..... hit it so hard my neck popped. I saw stars!! Did manage to get the snake caught, but hurt bad enough I didn't feel like cramming myself into the crawl space to connect rads to returns soooo, I finished up the 2" work in the basement.




I've got about a days worth of work left in the crawl, hopefully I will be skimming Sunday afternoon. We are getting close!

gerry gill

doing good and looking good!

New England SteamWorks

adamfre said:

Everyone's basement probably has that one 'Tim the Toolman' pipe they frequently hit their head on

That made me laugh! It's so true. Seems like there is one in every basement that I am always banging my noggin against. Even needed stitches one time...

You're looking good Adam! Don't forget some boiler drains or plugs on the ends of those returns. One day you'll probably want to flush them out.

SWEI

I'll put in another plug for these. Just enough brim to keep the falling bits from falling behind your safety glasses, but not enough to kill your peripheral vision.