Tag Archives: floor replacement

The major, the minor and the furry inconveniences.

.

This first picture is what I call porn for women.

.

.

A man, using a shop vac to clean.

And boy do we need cleaning.

Dust?

.

.

It’s everywhere.

And since my husband is retired again … (did I mention that? He went back to work for 6 months but decided to call it quits for good this time. Or so he says)… our contractor has put him to work with the time consuming annoying jobs.

.

.

Like pulling out all the little pieces of old carpet trapped under the frame of the brickwork.

.

.

So many little pieces.

.

.

Of that horrible dusty rose crap that’s still in our bedroom.

.

.

Its removal will be the next project we tackle after this one.

.

.

If this one is ever finished that is.

And because you know nothing goes smoothly here…

.

.

See the threshold piece wrapped in plastic on the right? See how it matches the flooring? There should have been 3 tubes of that, we got 1.

.

.

The other 2 tubes looked like this.

Not even close… which means another delay and annoyance while we wait for the store to replace it.

.

.

Furry inconvenience?

.

.

We’ve got that too as Lord Dudley Mountcatten has developed a fascination with power tools.

😉

.

Oh, my aching back. And knees. And shoulders… etc.

.

Day two of our working weekend consisted of ripping up carpet…

.

.

Which was the easy part…

.

.

Until my husband hit the closet.

.

.

The padding was a bit harder to get up…

.

.

And it left all those nasty little sharp staples which needed to be pulled by hand.

.

.

The spots?

.

.

That would be blood.

Home renovations are dangerous dontcha know.

.

.

Next was the old baseboard trim, parts of which were damaged and all of which was beat up enough for us to decide we wanted new.

.

.

His Lordship?

.

.

Back in the bedroom sleeping with 3 mice on his scratchy post.

.

.

The day ended with a much needed second coat of ceiling paint and two seriously aching homeowners.

.