Saturday, October 16, 2021 – Last night the next-door neighbor stopped by. What a nice young man he is, with a lovely wife and five beautiful children. I asked him if they have any rats and he said they just started coming in from the fields. He is feeding those barn cats to keep them around his house. Later in the evening, Steve went up to the old house and came back saying, “WOW, I saw a large something run across the back porch.” He laughed and said, “and it wasn’t a cat, but it rhymes with cat. Ha-Ha “. He really thinks he is funny. We now have some rat traps we are going to set. Hope they like peanut butter.
This morning it was raining, so they worked in the house on plumbing and framing. All the waste pipes are now in. Look, how all the waste pipes connect into the lower-level main waste pipe. This main pipe will connect through the block wall behind the stairs to the outside septic pipes. It is important when running these pipes that there is a downward pitch to them for proper drainage flow.
This is where the middle level bathroom sink and toilet will be set.
Here is the rough in plumbing for the middle level bathtub shower.
Almost all of the copper pipes are done. This is the sink in the kitchen peninsula.
Pretty soon the Samsung stacking washing and dryer we bought will be installed in the laundry closet. The laundry closet is located in the hall leading to the bathroom and first level bedroom which is off the kitchen.
The basement utility room is all framed by the end of the day.
Later in the afternoon the day turned beautiful. It was so nice to enjoy the day on the back deck.
Look at the outdoor shower and our shed/cabin in the background.
Today’s product recommendations are ways to get rid of rats in your home, barn, or shed.: 1) The plain old-fashioned rat traps work the best with some peanut butter., 2) Sticky pads also work, but not all the time. They tend to get off of these., and 3) the humane way, but what do you do with the live rats. For us the humane way is for larger animals we can relocate. The choice is really up to you. There is also poison, but I would not recommend or use that at all. Here’s the links to these products:
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