my name right away i'm a builder of this housing development kind of proud of it too it's going to be a real nice place to live for a lot of people you know i've been building houses for better than twenty years and there's one thing i've learned in all that time is the building is more than just bricks good mortar and a lot of hard work building is people people with hopes and dreams people with problems to solve people like jack and ruth miller a young couple who left or a few minutes ago like a lot of young couples today ruth and jack dreamed for a long time about building a home of their own they saved their money and after a good deal of looking picked a side here and settled on the kind of house i'm building in my development generally they agreed it suited both their tastes and their budget specifically well specifically they couldn't agree at all i just can't agree with you ruth i know you want to all the wall carpeting to do without wall to wall carpeting but even if it means skimping on things like them like those underground pipes or whatever they are you one row i was talking about roy and i were discussing the sanitation and drainage system here well i guess we need that too but jenny don't you dare this is just a practice in the never mind that i know all about jill practice missions are you sit in that big chair there and behave yourself now really well i was just going to say that after all i don't know anything about pipes no liar that's just the point but the first thing company always noted this is how the flows are we building this house what company or for ourselves when you're at the office most of the time anyway i'm the one that has to live in this house ok old kerry but you're not going to like it when your house is always being torn up a new plumbing or new wiring i don't see why just because we didn't put in the best materials to begin with that's right is not right of course you do want to use the best materials you care and you want as many extras as you can get to but i've learned from experience that buying or building the new home is almost always a compromise compromise between what you think you want and what your budget says you're going to have the building of this house will probably be the largest single investment you will ever make there are lots of things i can help you with but there are some decisions you will have to make for yourself now i can understand where to me he was sitting in that chair just a second ago hugo i had the air i'll see if he's all right it's cast iron thank you anyway but i don't think it's too good an idea to have him jumping in and out of trenches here i might sprained his ankle or something to me if you'll be careful and keep out of trouble you can stay out here a while excuse me did you say this pipe with cast iron yes ma'am well let's suppose it's part of the drainage system matter of fact when i get it all in the trench it'll be the main part you building here  has been talking about coming and wiring and things like that that's why i asked you about the price well there's no need to get too technical about it but this pipe runs from the street all the way up to the roof of your house carries waste out of the sewer keep sewer gases from escaping something which would be a real danger and a menace to your health matter of fact this pipe will help make your house a healthy place to live in i suppose it is important but if there's something else we could use maybe something a little cheaper type looks like it'll outlast the house it will sure you could use something else there are cheaper materials but if you don't include the cost of installation then why not use them if we find  everything we won't have enough money to build a house at all well you know it's a funny thing but thinking back i'd say that in the long run cast iron is about the cheapest material you could use as well as the best use of not kinds a big ol tells and office buildings and places like that just because it does last so long and does such a good job i'm afraid you won't save any money by using something else here you just put the stuff down and forget about it once and for  maybe i'm not being fair to rose maybe i'm putting too much emphasis on this once and forever business maybe but as you said yourself jack you don't build a house every day and i know she said her heart good on that carpeting for a long time and she's your be proud to have this house the way she wanted right from the start maybe i'm not being fair maybe i'm not being fair about this you are right in the long run it is going to be cheaper to do things right from the st you won't regret it i'll guarantee you that once you put this pipe in you can forget about it it's water tight gas tight and route through rip through underground roots like these right here always trying to work their way into the now i've already put these together and filled in the joint with a little molten lead then after caulking it is gas tight and strong enough to be used anywhere even under a driveway or under your basement floor and you don't need any expensive special tools to install it no getting around it might a nice job if i do say so myself you will get what you pay for jack if you're only want to cut some corners in the initial construction to give ruth what she wants it'll have to be your decision i hate to do it right but i think we'll have to always jimmy ok you've been gone quite a while he finds the final bombing mission right to stop laughing on and off i think i can show you a way to have your cake we can eat it too now he tells us as you both know you can't afford everything you would like in this house right at the beginning but what is it after be a case of giving up one instance those systems are truly built in made a permanent part of a house so let's install the best the most modern wiring and plumbing we can right at the start and that goes for anything else which has to be built in but what about roo carpeting let's not give up on that one out of wall carpeting or any other convenience and beauty features you'll want to your own let's plan on the for later installation things like that can be added to your almost any time in the future fund with no increased cost either and as a matter of fact i think if we take another look at that budget of yours we may find that you're going to have your carpeting in say the living room right at the start well i don't know how much you dear you sold on the idea jack if you stop to listen to what i'm saying you'd know that i came back here to tell you that i have the same idea i stand corrected so well that let's get back to the desk and put down some specifics i won't forget jimmy well as i told you earlier building is more than just bricks from lumber and hard work building is people their problems their hopes and their dreams that's why i wouldn't trade my job for anything in the world because every so often i can help people solve some of those problems perhaps make one of their dreams come true in the end i'm sure you'll agree the millers made a wise decision but how about you when you build be sure you build