( Part 1 - in the beginning... )

( and then came the plumber... )

( and lo, there was more trouble... )
( Final accounting of mucked up plumbing fixed or to be fixed... )

I swear - if Friedrich and I ever have a house built, I'm going to set up my own little office on the site, come to work with them every blessed day until it is done, and hassle the crap out of everyone who attempts to do things in a shoddy or stupid manner. Plumbing, electrical, etc., should be laid out with something like logic. When I explained to the plumber where our water line comes in from the street, and then is actually tied to the house (on opposite sides of the front of our half acre lot), he just shook his head and hoped we didn't live here long enough to need to replace it... and the lawn... and the driveway... This is just one of the many eccentricities of our abode.