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Voicelessness and Emotional Survival Message Board / Re: Adventures in renovations... again
« Last post by lighter on October 22, 2025, 12:54:14 PM »The basket weave marble tile floor just went in yesterday. Contractor and I beaten up....feels like I've been rolling in Jujitsu class for a week. Up and down stairs. Hands hurt from cutting tile....so dry. Feet have been cold and wet too long. Carrying heavy things.....up. Down. Up.
So, today contractor giving his knees a break.....he was bleeding pretty badly yesterday. So hard on his knees to lay tile.
He's working on the vanity, which I think he enjoys.
Will be done soon and he'll move on to driveway jobs and two house builds.
We're ready for a break, I can tell, but he'll always come when I need him. I'll always call when I do.
Have to put black pencil trim in floor. Finish bullnose around shower niche and lay bottom row of wall tile THEN grout.
Vanity should be here in the morning, with granite top.....to paint vanity? Or not to paint? Maybe DD23 will learn how to paint on this job?
I feel pretty good on timeline.....guests arrive on 30th.
The neighbor's house, however, is a dusty cluster foch. I intended to put guests there, over Halloween, but her contractor has ONE worker there, not every day, and is 3 weeks past his promises finished date, with no noticable attempt to finish till my d next month.
I always called that neighbor the "nice neighbor" bc she really IS too nice. Contractor weaponized her empathy with a lie about worker being ill. New worker said the guy was fired for working too slow.
Oh well....will make it work....and have access to her 2 fridges, when needed.
Lighter
So, today contractor giving his knees a break.....he was bleeding pretty badly yesterday. So hard on his knees to lay tile.
He's working on the vanity, which I think he enjoys.
Will be done soon and he'll move on to driveway jobs and two house builds.
We're ready for a break, I can tell, but he'll always come when I need him. I'll always call when I do.
Have to put black pencil trim in floor. Finish bullnose around shower niche and lay bottom row of wall tile THEN grout.
Vanity should be here in the morning, with granite top.....to paint vanity? Or not to paint? Maybe DD23 will learn how to paint on this job?
I feel pretty good on timeline.....guests arrive on 30th.
The neighbor's house, however, is a dusty cluster foch. I intended to put guests there, over Halloween, but her contractor has ONE worker there, not every day, and is 3 weeks past his promises finished date, with no noticable attempt to finish till my d next month.
I always called that neighbor the "nice neighbor" bc she really IS too nice. Contractor weaponized her empathy with a lie about worker being ill. New worker said the guy was fired for working too slow.
Oh well....will make it work....and have access to her 2 fridges, when needed.
Lighter