Day 2236

 I woke up about 7:30 and played games for an hour.  then it was up for pet stuff and breakfast.  Melissa came over to do laundry.  She said the dog had given them a long night, so John had just gotten up.  I surfed until he came over about 10.

We started by cutting a bigger hole in the shower wall.  It told us two things.  First, the diverter wasn't the problem.  Second, it appears that the floor was wet in both corners of the wall.  I measured the distance from the wall to the outside wall.  Then we went out to start unscrewing the outside wall.

We ended up unscrewing three panels.  It was harder than the ones we did to fix the broken pipes.  We had to grind down the top of the concrete footing to allow the panels to clear.  We also had to cut the caulking to release the panels.

When we got the panels out ti was confusing.  I first had to remove a bunch of sodden insulation.  The shower didn't seem to be the problem.  The water seemed to be coming from the toilet area.  After carefully examining the pipes we decided the toilet must be leaking.  I replaced the insulation I'd removed and we reattached the panels.

After that we took a lunch break.  We all ate various leftovers.  Then John and I went to Lowe's.  We bought two wax rings (regular and large), a new tank seal, and a sheet of bead board to cover the holes we'd cut.

When we got home the truck electronics wouldn't turn off.  They've always done it when I open the door.  I finally figured it out.  There must have been a SW update to change the behavior.  Now the electronics go on as soon as the key is near.  They don't go off until the key is far away.  That sucks.

We went back inside and removed the toilet.  We took off the tank first to make it easier.  When we took off the toilet it was obvious that the was ring had failed.  Ugh.  That meant all of the water coming up through the floor boards was toilet water.  John used the wax from the regular ring to seal up the area around the floor boards.  Then he replaced the wax ring with the large ring.  Then we put everything back together.  This might not sound like much, but it was a lot of effort and took hours.  Hopefully this fixes the problem.

We weren't done until 6:30.  That meant we worked a full 8 hour day.  I haven't done that in years.  I really hope I never do again.  I was tired, and John did a lot more work than I did.

We didn't eat until after 7.  John wanted to take a well earned shower first.  Dinner was smoked salmon and a salad.

The dog isn't any better.  He's either vomiting or shitting everything he eats.  They are going to take him to the vet tomorrow as soon as they can get an appointment.

John took the dog back to the apartment about 8.  Melissa stayed and we talked until about 9.  After that I did a little surfing.  I'm watching a video on assembling the RC kit I bought.  I'm also shopping for parts for it.