Laminate

[ailbhe]

People who say laying laminate flooring is easy have never removed their skirting boards to discover that the last inch of their walls is mysteriously missing in action. It's hard to judge 5mm from the edge when you can't see the edge. Also, moving furniture custom-built to precisely fit the width of the room is hard.

However, we are so far very pleased with our results and will no doubt manage to finish it somehow - though the fiddly bits in the alcoves will have to wait until tomorrow, we're redoing the bay window tonight. For aesthetic reasons we're laying it at 90 degrees to where I planned before buying it. None of my furniture-juggling schemes work, we've just had to move almost everything out - into the street in some cases!

I believe this room is the most difficult. The other rooms have larger and heavier furniture but nothing built ot go wall-to-wall like the bookcase in this one. The sooner I do built-in wall-mounted bookcases the better, but that's a big job too...

And at some point I will have to plaster the last inch of wall (leaving a gap for ventilation) and remount the skirting boards.

There's nothing we can do about the curvature of the walls. Perhaps curved walls aid energy flow or something. They don't seem to aid my temper any.

We have a tube of squeezy goop for fixing small cracks and gaps around piping etc. We'll be using it near the base of some of the skirting, too. Dammit.

If only the original 6" skirting boards had been left in situ, none of this would be happening to me.

But carpetlessness means sneezelessness.

And tomorrow I must ask a doctor to get me tested for Lyme disease because I had a big super-extra-itchy tick bite while we were away and then got a sore throat, headache, dizziness, slight fever, sinus ick, and seriously upset stomach. Dammit, dammit, dammit.

I feel fine now, of course.

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

But think how great it will be when you don't have to clean poo out of a carpet anymore! It will all be worth it after the first couple of wipe-cleans.

[nitoda]

I know someone with Lyme disease that wasn't diagnosed and treated early and it's hell, so do persist if the doctor isn't keen to do tests!

[ailbhe]

My mother had it for over 7 years before she was diagnosed. No joke. If I can get tested (GP appt at 14:50 today) I should be able to have it treated with a 1-week course of antibiotics at this stage.

[cat63.livejournal.com]

But carpetlessness means sneezelessness.

Yes. We had laminate put in all across the downstairs of our last house, and it made a huge difference to the amount my Rob sneezed. (also provided considerable amusement watching the cats trying to corner and losing traction :-)).

We plan on getting it done here too when we can afford it, but given that my Rob has poor eyesight and I have very poor dexterity, we'll probably pay someone else to do it for us.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Our house is exactly the same! No plaster on the last inch or more of the walls. I'm thinking it's either something to do with air flow, or laziness - why bother spending money on plaster that isn't necessary because the wall will be covered by a skirting board?