Preparation and Flooring!

The day had finally arrived, the flooring installation guys were coming!  We had been at the house in Dallas packing like crazy, Crew really wanted to use a moving company still...I thought the cost was to high, we were packing everything anyway.  Because the installers were coming from Dallas too, we just left early to get to the country house.  We always took a load of boxes and tools with us, and Kensie was older and jumped up into the truck on her own now.  The installers called us while we were driving and gave us an ETA, we had time to stop for lunch at sonic...we always shared with Kensie, she loves tater tots!

We were both in a good mood, we had rested well.  We were ready, Crew had vacuumed the floors real well to make sure it was done before they arrived, we had moved everything into the bedrooms to have the floor clear so they could start right away.  We had moved all the flooring into the office/workout room so they could start in the living room.

What was bad was the unevenness of the floor, the living room was not as bad as the kitchen/dining room, and the office/workout room and craft room, the bedroom at the rear of the house that got laminate and the hallway leading to it was really bad...they started grinding the cement, dust was going everywhere...I went into the master bedroom to work on the window and touch up paint. It was a nice day to have the windows open.  Home Depot only included two bags of leveling cement, they used those and two that I had...they needed more...but out here, it is not something you just go buy...Home Depot is 30+ miles away.  They were able to get the living room and kitchen done and would be back in the morning with more supplies to level the rest, I needed to know a price for the additional work...we wanted the floors level, but we were counting pennies.  I called Home Depot, they promised no more than 1,300 extra dollars.  We charged it, like everything else at this point, but we were running out of credit.  I told her we asked for the military discount and I told I would come in to show my ID, but it was not reflected on the bill.  She said she would have to call me back, she couldn't make any promises.

It took the guys more time than planned to get the work done because of the leveling compound, we got heaters and fans to try and dry it faster.  They asked if they could work on Saturday and we told them yes, we would stay...they ended up coming back for a few hours on Sunday too.  But, after all that...we had floors!  We could move furniture now.  But how?  We couldn't afford to go with the movers any more!  We needed the furniture out of the Dallas house as soon as possible, so that we could get it on the market.

Dusty but we have a floor in the living room!

The kitchen has floor! This was before the countertops, sink or appliances.  We put the Island together ourselves so we could have a place to eat.