Guest guest Posted October 6, 2004 Report Share Posted October 6, 2004 Hi Topper, you asked, here you go....grin My mom and I share a townhouse that we bought 19 months ago. This past spring she was diagnosed with Asthma on top of her allergies. The Doctor recommended removal of all 15 year old wall to wall carpets. And not allow any animals in her bedroom, especially at night. So, between the two of us we came up with enough money to get rid of the carpets and replace it with hardwood floors and tiles in the bathrooms....When we contacted the contractor and got things rolling the flooring company had two teams available two weeks hence....for one week. Then the teams had to move onto other contracted jobs. SOOOOO, we packed up the china, books, antiques, moved plants outside, ... packed up basically the whole house except for the kitchen. My books, desk, tv, everything in the den and most of everything from my bedroom went out onto the patio. My moms stuff was put out in the garage. Of course, this was during the monsoon period and what turned out to be the hottest day/week of the year...the luck stayed with us...we only got spat on while the books were outside, thank God. The furniture was either removed from the rooms or was carried and shoved from one side to the other as they removed the old carpet and padding. I sent my mom over to my sisters home during this process...way too much particulate matter in the air during this time for someone with Asthma. Anyway, what was supposed to be a " One week " project turned out to take almost two weeks for the wood flooring and bathroom tile to be installed, they had to replace the flooring around the fireplace during this process which added another week to the total, the stairway took 4 days with a team of three working on it. They had to come back and repair some things, clean up the glue on the wood flooring that was installed on concrete downstairs...sigh................... Anyways, we are still waiting for the mantel for the fireplace to be reinstalled...it had to be fixed. chuckle, I got mom unpacked and up and running, got my bedroom functional finally and now have only a few boxes left to unpack in the den...and the weather is getting cool here so the plants had to be brought in and the den isn't finished yet...the exercise gazelle is in the den now...early morning workouts outside is too cold for asthma lungs.....needless to say my den looks like a wreak...the rest of the house looks great. The air is cleaner, less dust to wipe up every day.... In otherwords, unless we have a relapse of the sever asthma attack that mom had last spring, I think we have this thing licked...even the cats eyes are less tear stained. I have to repaint a few walls still and do some touch ups because of furniture rearrangeing and the dings that come from 8 men in the house at the same time...and their equipment... It took basically two months for a one week project....both mom and I are really tired of strangers coming and going. One thing for sure, the next time we move, the carpets will get replaced before we move in...(more than likely it'll be me who moves) Mom wants to stay here for the rest of her years...this is a great area for her to be in.... Enough for now, its time for the sack... Gossimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 And here I thought this was an elective remodel with all kinds of fun new stuff happening.... no wonder you were so frazzled.... Good to have you back and great to hear that the changes are helping! *smile* Topper () On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 05:32:40 -0000 "gossimerwingz" writes: Hi Topper, you asked, here you go....grinMy mom and I share a townhouse that we bought 19 months ago. This past spring she was diagnosed with Asthma on top of her allergies. The Doctor recommended removal of all 15 year old wall to wall carpets. And not allow any animals in her bedroom, especially at night. So, between the two of us we came up with enough money to get rid of the carpets and replace it with hardwood floors and tiles in the bathrooms....When we contacted the contractor and got things rolling the flooring company had two teams available two weeks hence....for one week. Then the teams had to move onto other contracted jobs. SOOOOO, we packed up the china, books, antiques, moved plants outside, ... packed up basically the whole house except for the kitchen. My books, desk, tv, everything in the den and most of everything from my bedroom went out onto the patio. My moms stuff was put out in the garage. Of course, this was during the monsoon period and what turned out to be the hottest day/week of the year...the luck stayed with us...we only got spat on while the books were outside, thank God. The furniture was either removed from the rooms or was carried and shoved from one side to the other as they removed the old carpet and padding. I sent my mom over to my sisters home during this process...way too much particulate matter in the air during this time for someone with Asthma. Anyway, what was supposed to be a "One week" project turned out to take almost two weeks for the wood flooring and bathroom tile to be installed, they had to replace the flooring around the fireplace during this process which added another week to the total, the stairway took 4 days with a team of three working on it. They had to come back and repair some things, clean up the glue on the wood flooring that was installed on concrete downstairs...sigh...................Anyways, we are still waiting for the mantel for the fireplace to be reinstalled...it had to be fixed.chuckle, I got mom unpacked and up and running, got my bedroom functional finally and now have only a few boxes left to unpack in the den...and the weather is getting cool here so the plants had to be brought in and the den isn't finished yet...the exercise gazelle is in the den now...early morning workouts outside is too cold for asthma lungs.....needless to say my den looks like a wreak...the rest of the house looks great. The air is cleaner, less dust to wipe up every day....In otherwords, unless we have a relapse of the sever asthma attack that mom had last spring, I think we have this thing licked...even the cats eyes are less tear stained. I have to repaint a few walls still and do some touch ups because of furniture rearrangeing and the dings that come from 8 men in the house at the same time...and their equipment...It took basically two months for a one week project....both mom and I are really tired of strangers coming and going. One thing for sure, the next time we move, the carpets will get replaced before we move in...(more than likely it'll be me who moves) Mom wants to stay here for the rest of her years...this is a great area for her to be in....Enough for now, its time for the sack...Gossimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 And here I thought this was an elective remodel with all kinds of fun new stuff happening.... no wonder you were so frazzled.... Good to have you back and great to hear that the changes are helping! *smile* Topper () On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 05:32:40 -0000 "gossimerwingz" writes: Hi Topper, you asked, here you go....grinMy mom and I share a townhouse that we bought 19 months ago. This past spring she was diagnosed with Asthma on top of her allergies. The Doctor recommended removal of all 15 year old wall to wall carpets. And not allow any animals in her bedroom, especially at night. So, between the two of us we came up with enough money to get rid of the carpets and replace it with hardwood floors and tiles in the bathrooms....When we contacted the contractor and got things rolling the flooring company had two teams available two weeks hence....for one week. Then the teams had to move onto other contracted jobs. SOOOOO, we packed up the china, books, antiques, moved plants outside, ... packed up basically the whole house except for the kitchen. My books, desk, tv, everything in the den and most of everything from my bedroom went out onto the patio. My moms stuff was put out in the garage. Of course, this was during the monsoon period and what turned out to be the hottest day/week of the year...the luck stayed with us...we only got spat on while the books were outside, thank God. The furniture was either removed from the rooms or was carried and shoved from one side to the other as they removed the old carpet and padding. I sent my mom over to my sisters home during this process...way too much particulate matter in the air during this time for someone with Asthma. Anyway, what was supposed to be a "One week" project turned out to take almost two weeks for the wood flooring and bathroom tile to be installed, they had to replace the flooring around the fireplace during this process which added another week to the total, the stairway took 4 days with a team of three working on it. They had to come back and repair some things, clean up the glue on the wood flooring that was installed on concrete downstairs...sigh...................Anyways, we are still waiting for the mantel for the fireplace to be reinstalled...it had to be fixed.chuckle, I got mom unpacked and up and running, got my bedroom functional finally and now have only a few boxes left to unpack in the den...and the weather is getting cool here so the plants had to be brought in and the den isn't finished yet...the exercise gazelle is in the den now...early morning workouts outside is too cold for asthma lungs.....needless to say my den looks like a wreak...the rest of the house looks great. The air is cleaner, less dust to wipe up every day....In otherwords, unless we have a relapse of the sever asthma attack that mom had last spring, I think we have this thing licked...even the cats eyes are less tear stained. I have to repaint a few walls still and do some touch ups because of furniture rearrangeing and the dings that come from 8 men in the house at the same time...and their equipment...It took basically two months for a one week project....both mom and I are really tired of strangers coming and going. One thing for sure, the next time we move, the carpets will get replaced before we move in...(more than likely it'll be me who moves) Mom wants to stay here for the rest of her years...this is a great area for her to be in....Enough for now, its time for the sack...Gossimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 And here I thought this was an elective remodel with all kinds of fun new stuff happening.... no wonder you were so frazzled.... Good to have you back and great to hear that the changes are helping! *smile* Topper () On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 05:32:40 -0000 "gossimerwingz" writes: Hi Topper, you asked, here you go....grinMy mom and I share a townhouse that we bought 19 months ago. This past spring she was diagnosed with Asthma on top of her allergies. The Doctor recommended removal of all 15 year old wall to wall carpets. And not allow any animals in her bedroom, especially at night. So, between the two of us we came up with enough money to get rid of the carpets and replace it with hardwood floors and tiles in the bathrooms....When we contacted the contractor and got things rolling the flooring company had two teams available two weeks hence....for one week. Then the teams had to move onto other contracted jobs. SOOOOO, we packed up the china, books, antiques, moved plants outside, ... packed up basically the whole house except for the kitchen. My books, desk, tv, everything in the den and most of everything from my bedroom went out onto the patio. My moms stuff was put out in the garage. Of course, this was during the monsoon period and what turned out to be the hottest day/week of the year...the luck stayed with us...we only got spat on while the books were outside, thank God. The furniture was either removed from the rooms or was carried and shoved from one side to the other as they removed the old carpet and padding. I sent my mom over to my sisters home during this process...way too much particulate matter in the air during this time for someone with Asthma. Anyway, what was supposed to be a "One week" project turned out to take almost two weeks for the wood flooring and bathroom tile to be installed, they had to replace the flooring around the fireplace during this process which added another week to the total, the stairway took 4 days with a team of three working on it. They had to come back and repair some things, clean up the glue on the wood flooring that was installed on concrete downstairs...sigh...................Anyways, we are still waiting for the mantel for the fireplace to be reinstalled...it had to be fixed.chuckle, I got mom unpacked and up and running, got my bedroom functional finally and now have only a few boxes left to unpack in the den...and the weather is getting cool here so the plants had to be brought in and the den isn't finished yet...the exercise gazelle is in the den now...early morning workouts outside is too cold for asthma lungs.....needless to say my den looks like a wreak...the rest of the house looks great. The air is cleaner, less dust to wipe up every day....In otherwords, unless we have a relapse of the sever asthma attack that mom had last spring, I think we have this thing licked...even the cats eyes are less tear stained. I have to repaint a few walls still and do some touch ups because of furniture rearrangeing and the dings that come from 8 men in the house at the same time...and their equipment...It took basically two months for a one week project....both mom and I are really tired of strangers coming and going. One thing for sure, the next time we move, the carpets will get replaced before we move in...(more than likely it'll be me who moves) Mom wants to stay here for the rest of her years...this is a great area for her to be in....Enough for now, its time for the sack...Gossimer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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