Waiting to move in!

OK so here is my second blog, finally. The house is coming along slowly, removal all of the carpets in the main floor and a new water heater have been my biggest challenges to date. The clean up after the carpet and foam was removed has been slow and I am still working on it. My thinking was that at some point the previous owners were sure that the house was going to collapse, so putting the carpets in kept the house standing. I say this because I have been removing so many staples, I think I counted at least 500, and tack strips that have more nails in them then Home Depot, Lowe's, and Menard's all have in there stock.
Then to the water heater, FUN. I removed the old one and put the new in its place, hooked the hot and cold lines up to the heater, everything is going good(so far)! I connected the gas line to the heater, followed all the directions(can you believe it!) on the heater for start up, and the reset function was not functioning properly, or so I thought. Called Whirlpool, they sent out a new gas valve for me to install. Installed the new valve, turned the gas on and smelled gas, tightened the connection, smelled gas. I fought with this heater for 2 more days, gas filling the house both days, turns out tighter is not always better on gas connectors!! I have to remember that! So I called Whirlpool again, they sent out a plumber at there expense to replace the gas valve again(3rd valve), and now I have hot water!! Awesome!
So I continue to pull tack strips and staples, and clean, but it is so worth it, I am not living there yet and I'm loving it. Hopefully I will be in the first week in November.