I spent the weekend groveling on the floor on my hands and knees serving my wife.
I know that could be any weekend, but last weekend was spent replacing flooring in her piano studio.
The carpet in the studio had to go and an allergic reaction my wife suffered last week sealed the deal.
We had a little money saved up and I found a great deal on laminate at Home Emporium.
Laminate, Underlayment, Tile, Mud, Grout, Schluter Trim and accent carpet was all had for under $300.00.
Once I ripped the carpet out I discovered some moisture around the patio door. This has been a recurring problem with this door, and the final solution is to install some gutters outside and tile the area so that any future moisture will land on material more suited to handle it.
The first installation project was to tile the patio door area and I tackled that before lunch.
Take that rain!
Starting at the other end of the room, the laminate went down really quickly and we were done by evening. Since the tile was laid in the morning, we carefully fit the strips around the new tile finishing all the cuts.
I always pull baseboard when I install laminate.
I think it looks much better this way and saves the quarter round which I detest.
By 10 P.M. I had replaced all the baseboard and door trim up to the front wall and had the room back in shape before Sunday.
Our new rug matched perfectly and my wife was one happy camper.
Teacher.
Sunday afternoon I grouted the new tile and relaxed after morning praise and worship at church.
Monday morning I added the final Schluter RENO T strips, amazingly good looking stuff, and had the room ready for business by 2.
Not bad if I do say so myself.
And I do.
I love getting rid of wall to wall carpeting.
I think wall to wall carpeting is the preferred flooring in hell. 🙂