Pulling up the Floor
So over the past few days, Wife has started to pull up the hardwood floors and the laminate in the kitchen. See, on Saturday our new floors arrive and get installed. Yay! I’m so glad to get rid of this old crappy hardwood and remaining carpet and get something better down.
My house was built in 1969, during the time where it was in better fashion to put wall to wall carpet down. The carpet wasn’t always down though, because when we pulled it up in the living room, we found huge gouges in the floor, stains and track marks where something was dragged. How can anyone treat a floor like that? It boggles the mind! The kitchen will be no better. From what we pulled up we’ve discovered a layer of vinyl, a layer of linoleum and a second sub-floor. I’m not looking forward to pulling that all up. My Dad always said “when you buy a house, you buy other people’s problems”. I hope we don’t encounter too many.
On top of all that, I think I’m getting the flu. I feel like crap so if there is no post during the next few days, you’ll know why. I took two days off to team work the floor demo and save us some money. I hope I can make it through. This should be the last of the major home renovations for a while. We’ve had the basement/rec room and the downstairs bathroom redone this year alone (plus redecorating). It can stop any time… I’d like my house back. At least it’ll look gorgeous when it’s finished. ^_^
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August 15th, 2012 at 10:25 pm
yuck. i know all about that. we had four layers of siding on the outside of my house at one point in time. that sucked taking off. anyway, feel better
August 15th, 2012 at 10:36 pm
My bedroom still has the shag carpeting the house was built with. From the 70s.
We had also inherited a sinking basement that flooded in one section due to that section of the house being built on clay. Fortunately that part of the basement was the familyroom and that wall ran the length of the house. We finally fixed it 13 years ago and installed a sump-pump just in case. We’ve lived there for roughly 22 years now.
August 16th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
My apartment has been needing a renovation for some time now. The carpet is just gross and the bathroom looks like a truck stop restroom. Just need the landlord to get it in his budget to make the necessary upgrades.
August 16th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
I really like doing renovations, but you’re right that they do get tiring. Part of the payoff is seeing/enjoying the results. I hope the floor turns out well. I also hope that you get no worse than you already are and get better soon.
August 26th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
How go the renovations? it’s been a long time since there’s been an update!
August 27th, 2012 at 12:55 am
Indeed, the suspense is killing me! Hope you are feeling better as well, Joe!
August 28th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
I’m imagining that the floor was so awesome that you had to redo the entire house… or, maybe you found a huge stash of porn under the floor. Know that’d eat a chunk of my life. But, in all seriousness, I hope all is well with you.