Finally, warm!

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Now just wait, it will end up getting too hot!  But not yet, for sure.  I am still doing well, awake and aware.  Now that I am warm though?  Well... I'm... dragging my feet.  I'm ascared, a bit.  Oh, fine... I'll get to it before too long.  Another cup of coffee and some more heat first though.  Gosh was it chilly this morning!  In the meantime I will look over some YouTube vids on the topic too...  Just to... I don't know... steel my nerves.  To be sure.  To see if there is something I am missing.  Should be easy enough, painless really.  I have the tools.  It's just copper.  The chances of a real fire are quite slim.  But like jumping into a body of water, I just wish someone (I trusted) was already in and saying that it wasn't too cold.  Odd what can strike fear in a man's heart?

Never mind... coffee!

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Yeah, well... of course.  I was sure I had everything I needed.  No elbows, not a one.  As well, while I had some 3/4 inch pipe, and a bit of 1/2 inch pipe, I didn't have enough for the bigger heater.  I had, basically, planned to put a similar sized heater back in there.  Another trip to town.  It wasn't a waste though, I needed milk and soda.  Soda is good for when I don't want to mess with coffee and just for a change.  Coffee all day can get heavy.  Straight water causes me to cough.  No, it isn't the local water.  Bottled, through my water softener then r.o., it just doesn't matter.  It's probably something to do with the odd fluid flow in my body due to my heart... that's my guess.

I really want a nap.  But I would like to get a mockup dry plum in, then braze it.  Then take a nap.  That should give the solder time to cool and set up, or something.  Then to check water tightness and... yeah, I had best put in those unions...  In case it does leak.  Now, I don't have to do a complete plum, not with the shark bites.  My worry is with the pipes being so close to the wall, if they aren't clean enough, or cleanable enough... a hole in the drywall, probably back to an elbow.  It all gets tricky then, and I just have to hope the elbow is cleanable.  Though, that isn't too bad if not.  I can just cut a bit below the old elbow and put a new one on clean pipe.

There were three elbows on the old pipe.  But in deglazing them, they pretty much fell apart.  It was a lot of work for no gain.  At least I feel a little more comfortable working with the kit.  Blathering because I am tired, again.  Later.

By the way... you should have seen what I saw coming home...  Miles and miles of... bikers.  Girl bikers.  Pedaling girl bikers.  About that?  I'm pleading the 5th.  God either loves me or He hates me.  I'm... never absolutely sure... in the fleshly way.  Oh, I know, I just think He has a funny way about it.  Not even the X'ters air filter spared me... Oh... the 5th... Hushutup...  *mum*