Well, after all the ripping up of carpet, cutting of the pieces of the flooring, measuring, pounding, dust, dust and MORE dust; the floor is in! Except for the bits they had to reorder - some "quarter rounds", and some trim pieces here and there. That's all supposed to be in next week sometime.
Anyway, the floor is really beautiful! Why, oh why didn't I do this ages ago?? I spent today, and part of yesterday putting the dining room area back together. The blue plates are all rehung, I bought a corner shelfing unit, and got all the furniture moved back in. I even re-hung some pictures. The rest will come in time.
The living room is still quite bare. The sofa and love seat will be delivered on Tuesday morning. Then I can contemplate what will go into what location in the living room. I still need to find end tables and a coffee table that I like; as well as an additional lamp.
Funny thing, I said I wanted to have this done before the snow flew...it's supposed to snow (yes, here in the valley) TONIGHT!!
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Floor installation Part I
The flooring installers showed up on time this morning. It was left up to them (by the store I'm contracting with) to give me the semi-bad news that the stair treads had not shown up on Friday or Saturday as expected. :(
So with that out of the way, they got started on as much as they could do today with what they had. The carpeting, as you can see, is now gone from the living and dining rooms. The living room is about 3/4 finished with the flooring. The warehouse gave the installers the wrong type of trim, so that had to go back to get the correct stuff. Then...it was found that there was an uneven patch in the dining room floor, and a damaged spot in the living room due to over-watering plants. (Note to self: confine "real" plants to kitchen from now on!)
The installers (a man about my age, and a woman of about the same age) left at about 3:15pm, promising to return tomorrow. The carpeting still needs to be removed from the half bath and the stairways, trim has to be acquired, and the patches in the living room and dining room need to dry before they can be covered with the laminate. There is a LARGE fan aimed at the dining room floor, going full blast - I've been asked to let it run all night "if I can".
I did get to the store after the installers left. Leann, my salesperson, was not in today; but I talked to another lady who looked up the order and said the stair treads came in today. I've heard that one before; so we'll see what shows up tomorrow with the installers!
All of the pictures below were taken when the people left for lunch today. I'm very pleased with the way it's looking - so far!!
So with that out of the way, they got started on as much as they could do today with what they had. The carpeting, as you can see, is now gone from the living and dining rooms. The living room is about 3/4 finished with the flooring. The warehouse gave the installers the wrong type of trim, so that had to go back to get the correct stuff. Then...it was found that there was an uneven patch in the dining room floor, and a damaged spot in the living room due to over-watering plants. (Note to self: confine "real" plants to kitchen from now on!)
The installers (a man about my age, and a woman of about the same age) left at about 3:15pm, promising to return tomorrow. The carpeting still needs to be removed from the half bath and the stairways, trim has to be acquired, and the patches in the living room and dining room need to dry before they can be covered with the laminate. There is a LARGE fan aimed at the dining room floor, going full blast - I've been asked to let it run all night "if I can".
I did get to the store after the installers left. Leann, my salesperson, was not in today; but I talked to another lady who looked up the order and said the stair treads came in today. I've heard that one before; so we'll see what shows up tomorrow with the installers!
All of the pictures below were taken when the people left for lunch today. I'm very pleased with the way it's looking - so far!!
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