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First Project: Flood Prevention Measures
[5:32 PM]
Finding 3" of water in your basement is never a good thing. This did happen to me. Luckily it still wasn't my house yet. As I inspected the plumbing afterwards, I found that there was no shutoff valve to the outside faucets.
Aha! My first project! And a relatively easy one at that. Went down to the hardware store, bought a pipe wrench, teflon tape, a shutoff valve, a pipe cutter, and some other odds and ends. Ended up running about $30 all in all. Installing it was rather fun. All I had to do was just...
* Shut off the water to the entire house
* Cut the pipe apart, ensuring that I could not possibly use my water until I completed this project. Removing 1/2" of pipe proved sufficient for the valve I bought.
* Splice in the valve via the compression fittings.
* Teflon tape the hell out of it just in case.
* Tighten everything up using enough torque to almost break said pipes.
And viola! One shutoff valve installed. Yes, I know. Pictures will come later when I find the link cable for my digital camera.
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