Lately I’ve been spending quite a bit of time finishing up the last bits of work before I can fill the new aquarium with water. I spent yesterday afternoon and today putting together more plumbing pieces, and now I’m very nearly done. In fact, I would be completely done, except I ran out of pipe at the very end. I originally bought 40 feet of pipe from Lowe’s, and then today as I was trying to finish the last two connections, I realized that I was about 6 inches short of what I needed. And Lowe’s was already closed for the day. That was a serious bummer, but at least now after I get a little more pipe I will have hardly anything left to do (probably about 30 minutes worth). Anyway, I now have my new Mastercard ad ready (though it’s probably aimed at the aquarium owner market more than the general public):
40 feet of PVC pipe: $24
1 pint each of PVC primer and glue: $8
10 hours of priming and gluing dozens of PVC connections: 2047 brain cells lost to the fumes
Ball valves or unions at every connection for ease of maintenance: priceless
I’m sorry you ran out! I know you’ve worked really hard to finish. I hope the wait will be worth it when we all finally see it and get to “oooo” and “ah”! I love you!
Mom
Comment by Mom — October 29, 2006 @ 10:30 pm
Having seen the guts of this thing I can now fully appreciate all the hard work you have put into getting it all together. WOW! I am amazed at what you can do and how talented you are. The fishes are going to be lucky to have such a nice home! Can’t believe you ran out of pipe. What a major bummer!
Comment by MomS — October 30, 2006 @ 8:18 am