Small Miracle
Posted on October 31, 2005 - Filed Under Housing |
just love these before and after shots.
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The handymen were telling me that since they’ve started working with the varnish, people have walked by and noticed their work. The younger handyman has received a few offers for working on other hardwood floors. His answer "Heck no!" I guess they handymen figured that they bit off more than they can chew this time!
Saturday afternoon, I was convinced that a third coat of varnish on the floors would be, to quote Handyman exactly "It’s more better."
OK. As long as it’s more better.
When the handyman quoted me on doing the floors, he told me that he figured two, three days max. He didn’t expect that the floors would be as bad as they were. It appears that at some point, the owner felt the need to put down this black substance on the floors. And that black substance had, what I suspect, a rubber compound added to it which made it virtually impossible for a sander to remove.
| When they first started, I expected to have some dust as a result of their work. However the adverb "some" doesn’t even come close. And the dust got everywhere. This photo here shows one pile of dust, created by the floor sander. Every few hours, I would sweep up the dust. You can also see that the pretty green walls were covered in dust. |  |
| Areas that weren’t even close to the sanding were affected. The kitchen and bathroom, which started as white, quickly became some kind of orange color. At first, I tried to keep them clean but you can’t fight the volume of dust that was created. At some point I just threw my hands up and walked away. |  |
| And a few times a day, I’d take the dust piles and put them into one of the recycle bins. After a while, the dust really started to add up. What we did was move the bin close to the window so the dust could be scooped into it. This photo shows the bulkiness of the dust. By the time we were done, the container was almost 2/3 of the way full. |  |
So what’s next?
Monday, we paint. My things will arrive on Tuesday. I can’t wait.
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