plumber's helper

Here, put this in your pipe...
So the rough-in plumbing is 1/2 done, and we have water at the meter. Which is good, because the boys have been playing in the mud for fun, and Rob bathes them in a puddle.
There are all these decisions that affect all these other aspects - like deciding on a propane tankless heater. Inside or out? What size? And the plumber needs to know now because he is running the lines. Okay, put it in the laundry room, because it is a direct vent and will suck air from outside. Via a vent, which has to be ordered. Great, who is going to design and install the special venting? Not me, says the propane guy. Hopefully the AC company. And the propane - mostly we are going propane because of our O'keefe and Merrit stove, but it has to be certified as having been converted from gas, which it has not. Who will certify it? Not me, says the propane guy. So how do I get it to pass inspection? What if it won't? Then there's the plumbing - since I didn't have stuff picked out, the plumber used Moen valves in the tub and shower, so now I either go all Moen, or try to make matching sets using less expensive brands. We don't have a vanity picked out, but we still had to decide where to set the pipes.
The hard thing is knowing the repercussions of a decision. And I'm sure the electrician brings his own set of domino decisions when he comes in...
In the last post I said we weren't stressing about much, but today I feel all about stress. I guess it feels like other people need real, technical answers, not just 'where do you want the porch steps?', but 'where should I run this water line/gas line/electrical wire?' And I don't know even what to base an answer on, or what that answer will change further down the road.