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The first step is connecting the John Guest fittings to our incoming cold water: This was one of the more problematic parts of the installation. At first my connection up to my faucet leaked very, very slowly. I had to leave for about an hour to see a drop. But that is unacceptable. I tightened it up (the silver nut) and it is now dry. Next, I had to get the filters in place. The first one in-line is the water softener: You can see the filter following in line: There is another shut off valve before the tubing takes off under the cabinets" Here it goes behind an unused space: Then it comes out near some pots and pans: Continues out the other side: Enters the cabinet with the sliding shelf: Leaves that cabinet to head up top: Comes out beside the stove. I placed a small piece of insulation to protect the tube from the heat of the over. I don't think it will be a problem. I baked bread today, and the temperature of the outside of the stove was abo...

OK, David, here is the situation. This is the coffee maker that I want to plumb it. Not that it matters, but it is a QuickMill Achille 0996 Spring Lever machine: Underneath it, on the left side of the photo above is the pipe: and it came with the connecting braided metal attachement: SO far, so good. I bought this tubing from Chris Coffee, which is designed to help you plumb in your machine. Any machine that accepts line pressure water. It is pretty cool. It uses something called John Guest fittings, which operate like chinese handcuffs. You slip them together, and when they are under pressure they don't release: There are two problems with the setup. I have to have room for a water softener and a water filter: The two big blue cylinders shown above, and you get to get the tubing from the water: To the coffee maker through this board: This is the other side of that board: and this board: this is the other side of that board: and this board: ...

9.17.04 I have been working the last four days, Doreen has been enjoying the good life in Paris . The weather has been great, with occasional showers. Today is our third anniversary. We had hoped to get a reservation at the Tour d’Argent , but they were full. We found out about a restaurant based on a review left here in the apartment. It is called the Attic of Jason Robards . Actually it is called L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon . (You can find the review we saw here: www.patriciawells.com ) Before dinner, however, we had a full day. We took the metro to close to the Eiffel Tower , and walked past the Champ de Mars. We then went to Les Invalides . We saw Napoleon’s tomb, and went into the Musee de l’Armée . We saw Napoleon’s horse, and plenty of uniforms from real generals ( Ney and Oudinot , for example). We also saw the museum of Plan Relief . Little mock ups of various cities ( eg Antibes ) and castles and fortresses (Mont St Michel). Then we walked across t...

here is a PDF file of the history of the house. It is on the National Register of Hysterical Places. 

Here is a link to my other blog. I am having problems publishing right now. I am not sure if it is traffic or what.