Kitchen Remodel - Plumbing

We knew we had to move a gas line over four inches. We discovered by reading the city permit pages a licensed plumber is required to work on gas lines. We are also moving the new sink five inches to the left and the dishwasher to the right of the sink. Chuck decided he wanted the plumber to fix up the old copper water lines as they were awkwardly placed and the shut offs were corroded. The installation looked like a home-owner special, probably original to this 1961 house.  Look what we found when we removed the old pipe to complete our insulation project.

crud in the kitchen sink pipe

We cleaned out the part in the wall and threw away the rest as we want to replace it with modern PVC pipes. We called out our plumber for an estimate and he started talking about all sorts of water lines that were not to code for the dishwasher and soft copper water lines. He cautioned us that once a builders permit is taken out the inspectors will look at all the aspects of the kitchen project. His estimate was about $1000.00 to move the gas line, rework the kitchen sink lines and install the dishwasher to code. We felt overwhelmed with the information to bring the project to code and gladly hired him to do the work. He pulled his permit that afternoon and came back the next day. He wanted to cut off the old water lines in the basement below and cap them until the cabinets were in. That way he could drill new holes instead of the cabinet installers trying to navigate the old pipes. 

capped water lines

The original soft copper pipes curved up and went up through the holes where the yellow foam insulation is. He was shocked to discover that they had broken down and the wall of the pipe was ready to burst. When he removed the pipe a small portion about the size of a dime caved in. Chuck's work bench for his Retro Game Cave is right below these pipes.  This was a water accident waiting to happen and preventing this disaster was worth the cost of the plumper right there. 
The plumber removed all the old dishwasher water lines that had been tapped into the water heater. There will be a T-connector under the sink for the dishwasher which meets current code.

ready for the dry wall and cabinets