This is a first post in a series of four dealing with the various house projects that fell out of having the heating system re-done.

To get heat to the second floor we had to run a 3/4″ pipe up the wall in the living room (the feed side), and to get the loop back to the boiler we have to run a 3/4″ pipe down through the small addition on the back of the house. In order to do this there was a section of house that had no access that we need to get in. Harry and I cut a hole in the wall to gain access to the space. Later we added a door to make it look like it’s always been there. I say we, but in truth Harry did the bulk of the work; I mostly watched.

I wish I had taken more pictures of the process … oh well.

The space is behind the small upstairs bedroom and the upstairs closet. It apparently used to be the overhang for the back porch, which no longer exists. We opt’d to create the portal in the closet where it would be less noticeable.

We are planning on painting it to match the rest of the trim in the closet.

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