Yesterday, we ordered a dryer online, to be delivered in 4 weeks. When they deliver the dryer, they will also move our washer upstairs, so this gives us a hard deadline to get the water supply, drain, electrical and gas run to the upstairs. We set out to get as much done as possible, and were able to locate a suitable stud bay, clear from the 2nd floor to the basement. The wall on the 1st floor is actually directly beneath the washer enclosure, so we had to take the 'floor' off and route the lines to the side to get them into the upstairs wall. Once we had access to the wall below, we cut holes into the stud bay from the 2nd floor, then up from the basement, and removed two outlet boxes that were in the wall downstairs. The wiring for these outlet boxes made it very easy to locate the stud bay from the basement. To disconnect the wiring, we had to shut off one breaker, which also turned off the outlets in most of the downstairs, including an often-used outlet in the kitchen. Our tea kettle is in the bathroom for the time being. Once the stud bay was clear and open from top to bottom, we installed a 2 inch PVC pipe and glued up some fittings to route it into the wall next to the enclosure. The stud bay is easily large enough to hold all of the services. The next to go in will be the electrical and water supply, followed by the gas line (for which we'll hire a pro) It'll be a busy few weeks. Tricky items to think about in the month we have to get this project finished:

• Sewer vent through the roof
• Dryer vent ducting either through the roof or exterior wall
• Transition water lines in basement to our new Pex manifolds
• Run drain line through basement in a rather tricky location