Rodent room build

[OhhWatALoser]

little each day, got a door today. apparently my rough opening was almost too small for this door, I swear I had the recommended measurements, but i guess not. So to make it work it had to go in a little tilted lol. didn't help that my concrete isn't remotely close to level, but I thought I took that into account when I built the rough opening. Wish I would of made the rough opening a half inch bigger both ways, but oh well. it opens and shuts, just what I needed. Also with the concrete being so unlevel it made my threshold float in the air, Only thing I could think of was to spray some foam under it to give it a little support when someone steps on it. We shall see how this works out.

[LittleTreeGuy]

Looks good. Those rodents will probably never notice your measurements didn't come out perfect.

[OhhWatALoser]

Heat traced wired up, faucet added, started the plumbing. The valve going out the ceiling is for a water spigot outside and a possible future sprinkler system (might as well be ready for it right?). The shelf valve will go through the shelf, up the back wall, and have a piece sticking out where a tub with a hole in it will slide right over. I have room for over 30 of these setups. I am going to start with 4 just to get the room up and running and add more when needed.

[LittleTreeGuy]

Looks good man. What kind of water line is that? Is that the PEX stuff? I guess I'm old school... I still use old, white, sched 40 pvc. LOL

[OhhWatALoser]

yea its pex. flexible, it can supposedly even give a little if it freezes, no guarantee it wont split but much better chance than hard pipe. cuts a lot easier. I'll see how successful my connection are when I turn the water on lol. I tapped in the house supply and did 4 crimps there and those held, now to see if my other 100 or so hold when I turn that valve lol. crimper is sure giving me a work out though, not exactly the easiest thing to repeatedly use. my elbows are throbbing as i type this. I know its nothing but I do enjoy its color coding also lol. You can get it in white if you want though. oh also it turned out to be much cheaper and time saver compared to soldering copper, which is what I used to do.

[LittleTreeGuy]

Yea, I like it for the lack of joints you have to use. I know a lot of new construction around here is going to all PEX where they just homerun all the connections. Pretty cool, and like you, I also like the color coding. Soldering copper is an art form... one that I've tried and just can't master.

[OhhWatALoser]

Yea I'm not sold on the home run everything method, seems like a lot of wasted pipe to me, I mean the shower sink and toilet are next to each other, why use 3 separate lines? As for soldering, no doubt an art form. I'll never claim to be good at it, just good at fixing my screw ups lol

[PitOnTheProwl]

Yeah I would be the guy with copper and a lot of "sweating" going on.

[OhhWatALoser]

Well so far pex has my approval, not one single leak from it. The only leak I have is the braided line that came with the faucet. it was a cheapo faucet that came with the sink, so not really much of a loss, just was hoping to be done with that. but looks like my water system is ready to go once I get some more tubs. I decided to only do 3 for now as I only have 3 rodent racks and will just add more as I make more racks. filled up the water heater, giving that a test run right now. Also got myself a fancy lock, it is in a detached garage so extra features like alarms and being able to notify me of someone attempting to get in might be nice.

[PitOnTheProwl]

Thank you for getting the Schlage keypad and not the Kwik Set...... The new "Smart Key" lock is plain junk.