Under construction
I don’t know how many of you have ever hired someone to work in your house, but I forgot just what a major pain it is. I typically do all of our home improvements myself. I find it relaxing to remodel, repair, whatever needs done. Well, I’m a little short on time these days, and my wife wanted hardwood floors put in the house. She wanted hardwood everywhere we had carpet. I can’t blame her. I love the look of hardwood floors. So, we saved our pennies for the last year or so and took the plunge. We had about 1200 square feet to do and I just didn’t have the time to do it. I probably could have taken vacation, but that’s an awful lot of work and just didn’t think I was up to it.
We’ve had the flooring people in the house since Monday. What a mess. They have to move things out of the way, rip out carpet, padding, edge strips, lay hardwood down, do their thing with it, then move everything back. We have to dust, move furniture around, wipe down walls. They wanted us to move “all the little things”. I had no idea we had so many “little things” until I was asked to move them. Why in the world do we go around collecting so many things? I’ve had to move my laptop around the house every couple of hours because the dust cloud seems to follow me. I’ve been listening to hammers , electric saws, and an air compressor “recharging” since Monday. Man those things are loud. My bottle of Tylenol is empty and my patience is wearing pretty thin. I’ve had to get up early to work, and stay up late to work. It’s just real hard to concentrate with all the noise in the house. They were supposed to be done today. No such luck. They’ll be back tomorrow.
Next time I think I’ll just take vacation and do it myself.