Here it is folks... my first post-architecture-school project:

...creating a home for myself out of Jack Larimore's 1971 Airstream trailer. Follow along as it comes to life.

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(and don't forget to check the PAGES)

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

the WATER'S gettin' HOTTER




There were big moves in plumbing. Here's the story.

It all begins outside the Airstream...

...In the earth. Its got the water

Here's a diagram


More specifically, 
Its Jack's well 
to this here spigot 
to the rump of the Airstream

From there it makes moves - All sorts of moves.

Here's a diagram:

(image soon)

Lets break this thing down.

Here's where it enters the Airstream:




The cold water that enters the water heater....
- yeah, you guessed it - 
...becomes hot water! 
Here's the hot water line:




And most of this gets hidden away






From here we move to the master panel.
(The hot and cold lines exiting on the left 
in the former diagram enter on the left 
in this diagram):







So as this diagram shows,
the hot and cold water get mixed together for the shower

Here's what does the mixin'
We salvaged this valve from the prior system




The mixed water snakes behind the shower pan
then wraps around to enter the spine of the shower wall.
The copper here is merely pleasing sheathing 
for the red pex tube.






And there you have it folks!

Except that's not the full story. 
Cause there were issues....

to be continued....






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