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Flooring Woes

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

The walls are up, the painting is done. Most of the molding has been completed (except the molding that goes on after the floor is put in.)
We’ve just gotten word that it’s going to be an additional two weeks between when the flooring is installed and when it can be sealed. This gives [...]

Lookin’ For A New Home

Monday, May 12th, 2008

Well, we’ve been gathering bids from contractors to fix everything. There was a very wide variance in the amounts, but we think we’ve pretty much selected the right one. Come back in a few months to find out if we did!
We picked the floors out, too. We’re going with wide plank flooring from Carlisle (if [...]

Rubble Rubble!

Friday, April 18th, 2008

So the entire condo is a big rubble pile right now. We’re in Denver visiting where my brother used to live with my family (he died a few weeks ago), so we’ll not see the full extent of the damages until we return on Sunday. However, it’s probably going to be pretty bad.
They’ve done what [...]

Should It Be Raining Inside?

Monday, April 14th, 2008

This Saturday, we were out at Knott’s Berry Farm with our friend Greg when we got the call. It took us nearly an hour and a half to get back home, and by the time we did it was far too late to do anything about it.
Our upstairs neighbor got home at about the [...]