As you know from my post yesterday; my goal was to install a new kitchen floor last night. hahaha Yeah if only my night had gone as planned...
It started simple enough. Beth showed up at the house at 6pm just as promised. We got started right away taking up the quarter round along the floor, and started working our way across the room taking up the existing laminate floor. Everything was going great until we got to the fridge! Before we could remove the floor under the fridge, it had to be moved out of the kitchen. We tried to roll it into the dining room only to discover the house MUST have been built around this F*@KING thing!! We tired it in every direction but it wasn't working. We began to panic! Then we thought about it a little more, and decided maybe if we take the doors off and empty the fridge, it will fit through the wall. Great plan, but wasn't completely thought out. We unbolted the fridge doors, and unhooked all of the wires running through them, but still hadn't removed the food. Yeah... it came crashing down onto the floor! Once it was all emptied, it was still to heavy to lift. I made a few calls, and finally found some STRAIGHT FRIENDS WHO KNEW WHAT TO DO!!!
THANK GOD FOR DAVID AND SHERRIE! They came, helped us get the fridge out of the room, helped measure and start cutting the floor, and taught a few tips about the gluing process. We finally stopped working about 9:00. I was exhausted; not from actually working hard, but simply from the stress of manual labor!!
Beth is coming back to the house tonight to help me finish the floor. Tonight should be much easier. The floor isn't cut out all of the way yet, but that should be easy compared to moving the fridge! Here are some photos walking you through the intense process last night!
Here is the before shot of the beautiful floor that has been discontinued.
David & Sherrie helping to cut the new floor.
The new floor starting to go down.
Another angle...
A shot of the dining room with the stove & fridge in pieces.
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