Tue 3/1

Today was the first day of the flooring job. The guys showed up at 8:50 for an 8:00 start time. Sounds bad, but if that was the worst of it, I'd be happy. The floor guy was flummoxed and surprised when we wanted to follow the plan we set on Saturday and was looking around for options. Since we had a plan we all agreed on, I focused on doing what I needed to do for the plan, not anything else. Needless to say, I had no other space available for the bed so they had to stay with the plan that 4 people agreed to less than 72 hours prior.

They got to work and I happened to peek my head in and found them laying underlayment and board in the wrong direction! Yes, they were off and running with the material in the wrong direction! It's not like each room is different - the entire house has the same instructions and the screwed it up! Thank goodness I was there to see it and catch it.

The floor guy also started the floor without checking level and dismissed my concerns. The contractor (with whom I have the contract) showed up and I asked him and he too said it wasn't a problem, they usually just do areas they see. Uh, why do you think I specifically put it into your contract that you have to level the floor to within 3 mm per meter?

I couldn't make this crap up! It's only 10:00 and already there is this much screwing up!

The rest of the day was more of the same - loads of screwups. I cannot imagine how the house would have looked if I wasn't there looking in every 10 minutes. You'd think when you go to the trouble of creating a specific contract that it would be enough to make sure things get done but it's not. You have to walk the entire job with a magnifying glass and supervise since the guy with whom I have the contract clearly doesn't talk to the guys doing the work.

The guys got bedroom done, and got about half the planks in the den down. I'm pleased with how fast the work is going, but their screwups are nervewracking!

Tuesday night, we noticed the head of the bed was up on top of 2x4 pieces! Who sleeps at an angle?

Here is an early shot of the bedroom. You can see that the seams in the underlayment go in the same direction as the flooring planks which is not supposed to be the case! As I mentioned, they screwed up and put in about a quarter of the planks in the wrong direction. I didn't make them redo the underlayment.


Buh-bye nasty floor! Even just the underlayment was an improvement.

Mostly done

The baseboard really made it look great. This is our closet which has no doors at this time. None of the closets had doors when we bought the place, although there were upwards or 30 closet doors scattered throughout the house and yard.

You may not be able to see it in this shot, but the head of the bed is up on pieces of 2x4. We used to keep them on the floor to keep the bed from being pushed all the way against the wall. I could not believe it when we went to bed and felt the head of the bed raised. A) Who would sleep like that? and B) You just saw how it was supposed to be 6 hours ago, how did you forget so fast?

The den is started.