The crew started in the man cave upstairs, and all the sudden it started raining in the kitchen downstairs. Holy #$*@.
We had to find a plumber on a Sunday. The first plumber told us that he would get there in an hour, two hours later, he was still at the Mall with his family. We told him not to bother. The second plumber arrived hours later. He charged us $860 to fix the pipe, but he was a nice guy.
The plumber fixed the pipe and in the process created a huge hole in the second floor closet and another big hole in the kitchen ceiling.
Later on, the plumber told us that one of the baseboard nails was lodged in a water pipe, when the crew pulled the baseboard, it caused flooding downstairs.
Then a contractor was called to fix the hole in the man cave.
Then the fancy wood floor that we ordered and waited weeks to arrive ended up being defective and 1/3 through installing the wood floor, the crew had to yank it off the floor and return it to the store. We had to order new ones.
At this point, my calm and collected husband had turn in to a grumpy old man. Who can blame him?
Our living room was a total disaster for two long weeks since we had to put all the furniture etc. from the other rooms in there. You couldn't find a place to sit.
We are in our third week of "home improvement" and there is still a big hole in the kitchen ceiling that needs to be fixed.
The moral of the story is that, if you are planning any home improvement projects, get ready for unexpected problems, out of the blue added costs, and possible weeks of a messy house.
If you are up for a home improvement challenge, the library has tons of home improvement books and DVDs for you to check out free of charge.
Here are a couple of books on this topic from your local library:
For me, I am done with remodeling for right now. If I had money, I would be heading to Maui for some needed relaxation.
Signing off until next Monday- A very tired Panteha
