Things are heating up

We took a stop by the Habitat store this morning-  not for work, but just to shop.   We found a couple of very nice toilets for $20 ea, so we bought them both and a range hood for $15 so we got that too.  We installed one of the toilets today and we'll do the other one soon.

We got the hot water turned on in the house today, and then turned on the water for the heating system, which opened up a whole new set of leaks.  The contractor started fixing them, but needed to get some more parts, so he'll be working on that tomorrow.

We've bought and replaced a few outlets, which isn't so easy due to our wiring type.   A few of the rooms in the house still have the old knob-n-tube wiring, which means that they only have 2 wires to them.   Most modern electric outlets since the 1960's have a 3rd ground wire.  Finding the old 2-wire outlets is not so easy.   But we managed to find a few and got them installed.   The old ones worked. but they were just so worn out after 50 years of service that the plugs just wouldnt stay in.  We'd like to update some of them to the newer 3-wire, but that might mean a lot more work. 

Other than that, we put on a few more coats of paint and dad picked out another room of staples.