March 2010 ~ 7 months, yes it's been 7 months since we moved in, I know you remember the old original 1965 carpeting in the living room, well . . . as promised, I have found laminate flooring and purchased enough for the living room, dining room and kitchen! HA so there, now it's time to rip out the old carpet and get busy!
to recap the old carpeting . . .
not too shabby for carpet that is 45 years old, but way way out of league for what I wanted to see in my new living room, so lets get started why don't we
I started by using a razor knife and slicing it into sections, making it much easier to roll up and discard
this took awhile, not so much the getting the carpet out, but the worst part was pulling out all the carpet tacks and old staples and nails, my knees were killing me by the time I was done!
yup, that's me, probably complaining about yet another jab in the knee! but almost done!!
piles of old krap to roll up and get outside
finally, all the carpet is out, now we are pulling staples and nails
while we were pulling staples and nails, I put my son to work breaking up that red slate in front of the entry way, I wanted to continue the flooring all the way over to the front door
This took us a whole day to get prepped for the laying of the laminate wood flooring, tomorrow it's hard at work getting it down in one day!
Until then . . .
