Floor Reno Part 2

We are now on Day 8 of our THREE day floor reno. I knew to double however many days was quoted to us, but we are no where near complete yet.

Here is Lexi hiding on top of the shower. With the workers here she is confined to the bathroom. She doesn't mind though. She just sleeps all day in the sink.






Day 5 (Day two of actual work) had the workers laying plastic down and toping with plywood sheets. They then began to install the bamboo flooring.





These workers by the way speak no English at all.
When they came in they changed from street clothes to a pair of board shorts and flip flops! It makes me sick to watch them installing the floor with a nail gun while holding the board in place with his foot.




By 6pm they headed home. All rooms had plywood down. The living room was complete except for under the TV.


Day 6 and the workers don't show up at 10 as planned . Suds leaves for work at noon and I am stuck waiting around till 2PM. By then I had finally confirmed that nothing was going to be accomplished that day. For some reason the warehouse could not ship the entire amount of floorboards at once and now the 2nd shipment has been delayed.

Day 7 and I am waiting at the apartment AGAIN. Boards are to arrive at 10:30 then 11, then 12, then 12:10, then before 1. Finally they are here! But wait. The box is different. I slice open the box and THE BOARDS ARE A DIFFERENT COLOR!!!!

I call up Raymond who is in charge of this mess. I freak out on him. I tell him to get his but to my apartment after he asks me if I can "use the boards anyway"?
Upon inspection, he admits they are a totally different color. He calls the warehouse in China. He now does not know if our original selection, the one that is 50% installed, is available at all! I tear a strip off this man and now on a roll, also demand that the baseboards be removed so we can have the walls fixed and replaced at a later date. The workers installed them over top of the chunked out plaster. All is agreed upon. He assures me that more flooring will arrive at my apartment tomorrow. It will either be the correct color or it will be our new Plan B. If we must go to Plan B all will be replaced at no charge, like duh!












Day 8 I get a call from Raymond. The boards will not be delivered today. Maybe tomorrow, he will call me later.