Saturday, April 14, 2018

the curse


So it seemed my tile problems were solved didn't it? Went back to Home Depot and bought the tiles I need for the shower and drove to Bay City today to order the rest from the very nice lady and oh gee, the large mottled tile is no longer on the manufacturer's website though it is still listed on the most recent product list they have which is only a few months old.

Of course. Of course!!!

She called the company who has a bad habit of not answering their phone, she says, apparently in an attempt to get people to do their business on-line, to check for product availability and of course they wouldn't answer their phone while I was sitting there. I'll keep trying she says and call you later this afternoon with good news. It's 6:30 PM and I still haven't heard back.

There is some good news though as I had previously done an internet search for this tile so I was pretty sure it was still available at some of the bigger national tile and flooring places and I only need 3 boxes so when I got home I looked it up again and found a place in Florida that has it. So I have a back-up if she doesn't come through.

Rocky and Bill the plumber were supposed to show up last Thursday after Bill's helper crapped out on him and he prevailed upon Rocky to come help him on Wednesday in exchange for inserting me immediately after but Bill fell Wednesday and banged up his knee and had to go to the ER so his job needed another day on Thursday but we'll be here Friday Rocky tells me. Friday morning Rocky comes by to ask on Bill's behalf if I'd be OK with putting it off til Monday so Bill could go back to the ER and get his knee X-rayed to make sure it wasn't broken now that the swelling was going down. What was I supposed to say, that I would rather Bill and his banged up knee come and finish the work? Rocky was all apologetic. I figured what's a few more days. Even if they had showed up Friday, it's already too late to get the bathroom finished before I leave.

This is why I try not to have expectations. Life is just putting out one fire after another.

The flooring is in in the back bedroom though. Now just need the quarter round and it's done.







11 comments:

  1. the back bedroom looks wonderful. So peaceful and lovely. I can relate to the hurry up and wait on the construction front. We are still waiting on the roofing company to come and fix the ceiling in my kitchen. The rain came in and the ceiling is a mess. We began this insanity 90 days ago.

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  2. And Mr. Moon's bathroom is still naked of new fixtures and flooring.
    Sigh...
    You can drive yourself crazy or you can just breathe and accept it all.
    That back bedroom does look gorgeous.

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  3. Oh argh -- this tile situation! I feel for you. And yeah, it's pretty hard to be insistent that your injured workman HAS to show up and finish the job, when he needs medical attention! When it rains it pours, as they say.

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  4. I could sleep in that bedroom!!

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  5. That bedroom is looking really good. So, will you return from Portugal to the job finished or still waiting?

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    1. no, I'll wait til I get back for them to finish. still two weeks so hopefully a lot will get done before then but I don't want work proceeding while I'm not here. as the very nice lady at the tile place said while we were talking about the remodel, one of her installers called on a job and had a question but the wife wasn't there...should I ask the husband? no! she told him, don't ask the husband, never ask the husband!

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  6. Love the room! Can't wait to see what you put in it. And, yes! A bad idea to ask the husband.

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  7. Husband may have different ideas. But different ideas are rarely solutions.

    That room looks lovely. Wonder how it is with the first morning light?

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    1. one small window which never shows in the photos that faces east. the big windows face south. it really has lovely light but doesn't show in the photos because light expands and makes the rest of the room look dark but I'll post some pictures taken from the other end of the room.

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  8. Lovely room. Doing anything that involves other people is a recipe for disaster and disappointment.

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