THE LAST ONE ALWAYS LEAKS 🙈 Pressure Tests, Pump House Clean Up (Chicken Garden Day 174)

Do you even know what day it is anymore? 174. Oh, you do know what day it is. So like you saw we did go ahead and put on protection on the edge of these panels so People can stop worrying about us. So yeah, we found these on Amazon. It's like this little Flexible thing. It's got like a clip in it and little metal pieces that hold it and it's split So you can cut it wherever you need it to. Yeah, we'll see if it works. I'm pretty sure it's gonna yellow Probably won't stay white. Yeah, but we'll just see. We're gonna keep an eye on it. It goes really well on the ridges It just doesn't do great on Flat thin lines. Yeah, the sides where it's just straight. It just doesn't hold as well. But when it's got that Bend, yeah, it works great. Okay, we are on a very tight time frame We have to get this pump hooked up. Thunderstorms are coming So we're gonna see if we can get it done before the game. We have one more thing to do, too Remember we finally got the foam pieces that go under the ridges there where all those little holes are So maybe I can work on that and you can work on. Yeah, we need to throw those in for sure. Okay ready? Now we're gonna run the power from the pump into the main system But we are gonna go through a switch first so that we can mount it on the outside of this So if we ever want to turn it off, we don't have to take both of these lids off. We can just flip the switch I'm your What happened Base plate goes on weird. So I have to have it on the other side of the wires Got a new switch didn't know how it worked I Don't even know something with the conduit over there I can't see Oh Okay, we've got everything hooked up but I haven't put the fuse in yet for the pump what we're gonna do first is Open up the water line from the tank. Let it flow into our flexible tubing and that way we can look and see if There's any leaks before we pressurize it And I you do the spigot test Okay, I think the next step will be pressurized Up to this one this one and this one and then we'll open each one individually. Does that make sense? All right moment of truth Forgot one thing. We need another ball valve in the middle of our Low point drain line because otherwise it just creates a loop And it never stops So I think we've turned off that the thing at the tank. We've turned off the one at the pump here So we need to open up our low flow and let that water out and then we'll cut this and put a ball valve Let's start with This is gonna take a bit I guess there's still water in there It's going down and it's filling all the way to those So Confirming my theory that it's always the last connection Or the last screw or the last whatever in a build that goes wrong when we were leak testing yesterday One of the connections we just could not get to quit leaking So I think maybe the actual piece is just deformed and so headed back to the hardware store this morning I'm gonna grab a replacement for that and a couple of other little things Hopefully we can get this wrapped up back from the hardware store with the new pieces We're gonna re-glue retape Cross our fingers I Think I finally got it doesn't look like we have any leaks It's all pressurized. So we're gonna screw the pump down and then do a little more cleanup work here get the wires Sort of tidied up and there's some caulking that we still need to do We need to close up all the holes where the faucets run through the wall Clean up work. There's always clean up work, right? Empty bottles messy bed Clothes are hanging off the shelf memory scattered in my head Been a mess since you left watching screens closing shades Drinking by myself Haven't left here in days Been a mess since you left I've been keeping all your boxes In case you ever wanted to move back in again But it's been a while I think I need to clean my room the space you left inside me to Get your clothes out the door Get your love Are we done with the dang pump house other than covering The ball valve that comes from the tank. Yes It's been a long couple weeks at pump house. I don't think it was a couple Probably we'll see how many days it was right here Also, yes, don't look closely at the caulking. I'm not good at caulking And it will be covered up when we do our final coat of plaster. So I'm not worried about how it looks, right? We'll still be doing final plaster on this part as well. Yeah, when we get when we finally figure out our final plaster finally But anyway, I think I think I'm good It's pressurized. It works. The solar is good. There's no leaks Yeah, although we're probably gonna need to come back and just double-check. Yeah in this couple hours, but it's looking good It's looking real good. Okay. So what's next on on the homestead on the homestead man guys? We have So many things we've got to do around the homestead not related to the chicken garden yeah, we have been putting like so much attention on the build and another project that we're working on that everything has kind of Gone to the wayside when we homestead we need some maintenance We I so I think I think we're gonna institute a maintenance week window. We'll call it a window Yeah, I don't know how long I'll take but it's gonna be a while Yeah of just cleaning up this place and trying to get on to the next project Yep, so no chicken garden for a little bit only Random maintenance things. Yeah fun times. That'll be fun. Yeah, I'll be different. It'll be good. I like it Well, it'd be fun to watch We'll do our best. We'll see you next I'm not ready, but we're already