On top of the usual holiday shopping, parties and family get-togethers, I've spent the last three weeks doing renovations. It all started with the need to change the old, tired and fading carpet to laminate flooring... and well, it quickly turned into a major project... Here's a short synopsis:
1. Ripped out old carpet and underlayment - damn that was fun.
2. Stripped off baseboard moulding - not as hard as i thought!!
3. Installed 300 sq. ft of laminate flooring (3 days) - 12mm material looks and feels real nice, but you better have a good saw to cut it!!!
4. Repainted living room, dining and hall - (1 day) -
5. Repaint kitchen (frickin' 3 coats and a primer) - (2 days) - i'm so thankful for Painter's tape...
6. Remove old ceramic tile and prepare subloor - 1 day - stripped off half of tje cement by hand, only to be told by Home Depot later, that its not really necessary!
7. Laid down new ceramic tile - 3 days of quad burning and back aching fun!
8. Applied Grout - 1 day of more quad burning and back aching fun!
I'm not done yet. Got a couple more weekends worth of work to be done. But in the end I think it will be worth it -- despite an irritating cold, dry, peeling finger tips (never leave cement on your hands for long periods), and a sore lower back and muscles.
If anything, I've gotten a much greater appreciation for those people who do this work as an career!
2 comments:
Cool! Post some pictures when you get a chance!
fo' sure. i'll try and post some before and after pics... as soon as i get the fridge out of the living room, the stove out of the dining room, and tools out of the way!! ;-)
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