A couple of months ago Crystal and I were going over our schedule (May thru June) and discovered that, along with all the normal things, we were looking at three out of town trips and at least two more visits from out of town family. This looks like nearly every weekend on the calendar - maybe one or two in there in which we were actually home. Since then, we have had a lot of fun traveling and visiting and you can see some of the excitement on my wife's blog...
Well, as the schedule sort of slapped us up-side the head, we started to look around our beloved house, and we realized that we have been "living" in it now for 6 years and it has started to look that way.
Our next trip to Econo-Mart(where you get the big volume supplies) we started to drool over the various laminate floorings. I did some preliminary numbers in my head, sighed, and sort of shrugged it off; but when we walked back into the house that night the carpet never looked worse.
Those of you who have visited recently know what I mean. We have two holes from one of the dogs who insisted on chasing down earwigs - even the ones that burrowed into the shag; little "waves" where we walk the most; and grunge that doesn't come up with the cleaner any more.
I talked to my good friends (who are thankfully frugal) and each had advice and offered to help us get things by for a while. I went along with that for the time being, but we haven't had time to deal with a commercial type cleaning yet.
So last week, my mother and brother in law were visiting for a few days. It got very humid. And a familiar scent arose that has put the nail in the coffin for our carpet. Purtrid, but fond memories of some of our family's best canine friends...
I am glad that we didn't make an impulse buy the first time around, because Econo-Mart had the flooring on sale last night. We have since had time to think about it, pray a bit and to realize that it is just necessary. With the sale, and after running a few numbers, I think we should be able to afford to floor the entire downstairs!
We bought a box of some that we liked, but Crystal is firm, it doesn't work; so, Oak it is. We don't like oak much, but I like the price. Maybe, as with the Neon that I hated until we paid it off, I will learn to appreciate it. At least it will match other things better...
Sometime soon, it's off to Econo-mart for 40 boxes of Oak-alike laminate flooring.
...Soooo, that brings me to one last little thing... ...When and how. I hope that the recent builds done lately mean that some of ya'll have tools stashed away somewhere? We will hope to have this done before the cold sets in and I need the heaters again, but until then I am happy to have a shop...
How do you spell "fun"?
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How do you spell fun??? Well, you might not find out until your joints all ache, your body tells you that it is not going to let you do what you usta do but your mind is free to wander. You see three beautiful little girls stored away in your memory lane, you see them laugh, play, fight, and the pleasure stores up just thinking of all the FUN you really experienced. So you settle back in your comfy chair , close your eyes and wander all the way down memory lane and guess what....there it is. You found out how to spell FUN. You even discovered what FUN really means.
gami
We did our whole floor in a day with laminate flooring. What brand did you buy?
I recommend a pair of knee pads. You will be glad you did at the end of the day.
Does this stuff just lock together, or do you glue it?
Craig
ummm, ya...welcome back stranger!
and fun cannot be spelled with the words: work, laminate, and floors...but have a good time with that! = )
the fun guy!
I owe you some time on lamenant flooring - let me know...
Lyle
Thanks, all...
Right now, I am not sure which will the harder, be it the preparation, the actual setting of it, or the sudden depreciation of the rest of the house made evident with the new looking floors...
It is the locking type - no glue. And something that I didn't anticipate going in, it has the pad built onto it already. Couple that with a 35 year warranty, and I hope we aren't replacing it anytim soon.
Keep me posted. I don't mind helping if I am available. Don't have any special tools for it, but that could be arranged.
Craig
I really appreciate the offers, guys. I hope to keep things to a minimum, but you know how these things can go too...
I at least hope that a little planning and setup will avoid a mad dash to complete it.
Instead, we will likely find that in the end a nice adrenaline rush will get the thing finished a minute before some big deadline...
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