French renovations Day 81: Plumbing pipes

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Yet again another trip to Ciffréo Bona, one of the local hardware stores. That was my morning exercise.

I did something transgressive the rest of the morning: I lay down and read a book and didn't do any work until it was time to pick Inga and Ivy up. Bad Rixa 🙂

We brought the two girls up to the chateau during lunch break for an impromptu picnic and pre-birthday party for one of Inga's friends. I wanted to stay and bask in the sun all day. It was warm and windy and had the feeling of spring.

Eric and I went to a nearby plumbing supply store--very convenient as it's just behind the Lycée Massena. We bought our plumbing supplies from them when we renovated our two bathrooms 6 years ago. They're really helpful and will lend you a professional crimping tool if you buy your supplies from them.

We were debating between copper and "multicouche", which I cannot find an English term for. It's a layer of aluminum sandwiched between two layers of PEX and is what most plumbers use here now. I think we'll go with the multicouche. We've done both so it's mostly a matter of preference, time, and cost.

So at least we have a plan. Tomorrow we'd like to map out the supply lines and figure out how much pipe and how many connections we need. The plumbing supply company will write up an estimate for both copper & multicouche.

You're probably falling asleep now as I wax on about plumbing. Sorry.

I spent the rest of the afternoon and evening editing videos for our grant application.

We're on lockdown again this weekend. Boo.

Oh--you know what's really annoying? Leroy Merlin and other big home improvement stores are closed due to new Covid-19 regulations! This is new as of about 6 days ago. They're not even allowed to do "click & collect." So we can't get most of the things we need for who knows how long. The only thing still open is the outdoor lumberyard. Argh...