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Hi Gil,
Thank you for your reply and the good wishes - yep I'm glad both my wife and I are getting back to normal.

I don't have much in terms of tools to perform a hydro test. I was watching a YouTube video on it. With the proper setup the test looks fairly simple. It seems I would need to get a few plugs and adapters as well as some sort of pump and gauge. The person had a hand pump of some kind with a nice big gauge. He filled it with water, pumped it up to the 120 psi and slowly let the pressure down once satisfied with the results.

Any good suggestions for a pump? Would a bicycle pump with the right adapters work? Had I thought of the hydro test I would have checked with Stuart before placing my order for plugs or air adapters. Maybe there is a good source of that stuff here in the US?  I am brand new to all of this but definitely want to take all the right steps!