Strike dysentery from the list. Amongst things you could wish on your worst enemies, an unlevel sub-floor would be most vicious. Wrestling with messy buckets of self-leveling compound is far more punishing than intestinal worms (and does better for your vindictive imagination). Isn’t kneeling for prolonged periods an actual means of torture?
Well, we engaged the enemy in the Floor War – and we won. After sleeping (victoriously) for more or less two days straight, I’m ready to relive the past week’s trauma.
Does this indicate we’ve now got a living room floor? Oh yes it does. Does it suggest we can unpack and plug things in and walk around barefoot and kinda-sorta-maybe live like normal people? Yep, that too. Does it mean living room before-after shots are soon on their way? …You mean like showing off? Well, why not. Let me gather the ticker tape, the victory parade starts tomorrow.
Hey, you want a s'more? Some more of what?
I’m sorry, but Mr. DBM had ameobic dysentry once and it was waaaaaay worse than floor levelling. It lasted for over three weeks, yours appears to have lasted 1:01minutes! I think that perhaps you made it look too easy!! You are obviously not nearly as incompetent as I am when it comes to DIY. Me trying to do anything is worse than the bubonic plague.
No it’s roughly the same – I swear it. Let’s see:
Dysentery: lose 50 pounds. Levelling a floor: lose the will to live.
Dysentery: delirium, profuse sweat and misery. Levelling a floor: profuse sweat and misery, delirium.
Both awful situations: extreme self-pity, heavy emphasis on the “why me!?”
Well, you make a good case. Having not suffered through either, perhaps we should call it a draw.
Deal!
Well done. It does not look easy -way too many gallons of wet stuff. The waiting to dry part looked okay, but were you stuck in the apartment til it dried? I have visions of you stuck on the only remaining dry square foot of floor…
It was easier than it was fun… but I didn’t do any of the heavy lifting. (A 100 lb bucket? Riiiight).
We had to create a little bridge to get out of the front door while the hallway dried – an actual jail break!
Those are some nice pig slippers!
I can tell I play WoW too much. I kept stopping the video and attempting to swivel my camera around to see better….
So what color is the wall going to be??! Did we decide on ‘manly blue’ then?
I’m glad you survived the floor. I was starting to wonder if you fell through the cracks….
Why thank you. They’re Paolo’s. Heh.
(I have no idea what WoW is but I hope you win large cash prizes).
Paint colours? Ahhh – still on an R&R enjoying the floor.
That can’t be right. I thought everyone knew what WoW is…. ;p
An MMORPG. Translation: Online video game.
Ohh ok. Are you meant to admit that out loud?
Awesome! Let the victory parade begin! Can’t wait to see your before & after pictures
Great video
Kelly
Thanks Kelly! Pics are up now – you can imagine baseboard and paint and all that stuff, right?
Keep these videos coming Lauren!
Thanks Shannon, will do! (after taking a very long time to forget my hatred for iMovie 8…)