Sauna Project Delayed

Last weekend we bought tiles for the laundry room floor. They're a neutral sort of sandy color and were the best option for the price.

Today, we had everything ready to tile the laundry room floor, but when we took the seismic straps off the water heater and removed the last bit of the closet surrounding it, we found the main shutoff valve for the whole house.

We were really surprised to find it there. Before today, if we had a leak somewhere in the house and had to shut the water off in an emergency, we would have had to do it at the water meter on the street because we would never have found it inside that wall.

Unfortunately that makes moving the water heater more difficult and we may have to rethink the location for the sauna. We'll find a plumber on Monday and wait to see what they say. Hopefully we'll get to start tiling next weekend.