Into the Basement I Go

Day two of a little mini-vacation finds me heading to the basement of my house that was built circa 1880 to do a little plumbing.

Let's see, 120+ year old timbers, a propane torch, and no water. Probably spiders with the same proportions of Shelob down there too.

This could be interesting.

Update: The job only took four hours longer than it should have and only four trips to the hardware store to get the parts needed to complete the project without gallons of water leaking into my basement. Nothing caught on fire and Shelob remained in the shadows. Overall, a typical home improvement job.