Yesterday they pulled up all the existing carpet, scraped the old pad off, and started on adhesive removal. We also had some excitement: I took a look at the original estimate for the job and realized I'd ordered 40 square yards of carpet instead of 50. Good times! Off we went to Green Depot to find out exactly how much carpet we'd had delivered on Friday and to bring Ray back a sample so he could see what he could do with joining or sewing. It also turned out that we had to order the water shield we plan to use, as they didn't have any in stock. It's a veneer-like product that goes straight on the concrete to prevent moisture seeping up to the carpet from the slab.
At this point, we're overnighting the water shield to get it here on Tuesday. Once we have official word on the length of carpet we can find out how much more we need to order and put a rush order on that, as well. Ray initially figured they could get the entire job done in the first weekend and following weeknights, but at this point it looks like we're going to end up pushing to the following weekend regardless.
Here are some photo updates.
Above: The hallway, now sans carpet!
Above: The main room, plus some buffing machines
Above: The fireplace side and impromptu tool bench
Above: Out the back, plus some attempt at adhesive removalI realized I hadn't talked much about our flooring choices. I'll try and do some of that in tomorrow's or Tuesday's update, as there'll be a lull in work. See you then!
np: Alkaline Trio - Dethbed
np: Alkaline Trio - Dethbed
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