Life intrudes.
We have been working on the kitchen for- a couple days over a year. We had the cabinets in some time ago but were waiting on resources to improve before going on to the next segment, which is floors and trim.
So a couple weeks back I did the ceramic tile in the foyer, and Sunday I laid the Pergo, and today I did most of the trim.
My knees feel like 20,000 miles of bad road. But the kitchen is within striking distance of done. Maybe this weekend Good lord, what a trip. Now the guest bedroom.
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I’m running into a deadline restoring my family room from the flood.
End of May, they bring the furniture back.
Gotta get the drywall done before the laminate flooring.
Hard to move 10 footers by yourself.
Press on sir.
You prefer laying tile or pergo?
No.
Within striking distance of finishing our flooded out basement. Tile, panelling, drop ceiling, new trim. Never ending. Once done, maybe I will have time to get over to Gods Country.
Broke down and contracted the changes the wife wanted for the kitchen. I have pieces to do, but it is much easier this way.
I’m dithering as to whether to replace the kitchen floor with ceramic tile or some sort of wood laminate. I’ve seen too much wood laminate get wet and destroyed to be comfortable with it in the kitchen. It seems clear you think the Pergo will hold up or I doubt you’d install it…
In fairness I would like to install a heat mat under the tile, and I wouldn’t do that under wood. So ceramic is probably the way we’ll end up going.
I’m not happy with the pergo either, but figure I can always go full ceramic if I have to. I hope I can train the wife and daughter to clean up after themselves.
It’s a never ending battle… sigh
The daughter, who is currently in the Air Force, followed some direction on how to make iced tea and successfully blew the bottom out of a glass pitcher. About a gallon of hot steamy water hit the floor. We will be using tile for the foreseeable future.
Wife assured me she would not have followed those directions to the letter, like the daughter in the air force.
Still, tile is the better choice, me thinks.
Took me a year n’ a half to rebuild after Ike. All hardwood n’ tile, both bathrooms from tear-out scratch. Lots n’ lots of custom touches. The place could go in a Martha Stewart magazine, no problem.
Know what women say tile n’ men have in common? Lay ’em right the first time, and you can walk on ’em for years n’ years.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
Thank myou all for reminding me so graphicly why it is I rent. Now, to go back to watching the lawn service cut the grass and hedges.
:)
I was a cabinetmaker once (hell, still am, at heart) so no problem there. Can’t do flooring anymore: after the bike wreck took 1″ off my femur, if I try to kneel, I just slowly tip over to starboard. Good thing I’m not Catholic, or I’d start folks tipping like a row of dominoes every Mass.
Endeavor to persevere, Og. You already knew aging wasn’t for pussies.
I had full hardwood floating floor, dining room through kitchen. Pipe broke.
Saw cut the damage out and 12″ tiled the kitchen.
So glad.
Bought the heating pad. Forgot to install it.
We were going to start in on the 1930’s kitchen “update” when Dad had the kitchen fire. Soot and smoke damage throughout all but his bedroom and mine, which thankfully, had the door closed. Working with Servicemaster, but coordinating that from a thousand miles a way is a pain in the rear, and I’m sure I’ll need to help Dad out with the deductible.
My kitchen is probably going to get pushed back to next year now.
Put Pergo down in my kitchen about 20 years ago. It was right after they’d started shipping it over here. That was wehn you had to glue it rather than snapping it together. The old days.
I’d seen it in Sweden for years. Still down, still looks good. Tough stuff. Outlasted the ceramic I put in the foyers.