The Chronicles of Flooria Part 2

Man, oh man, did the troubles continue.

We had to work around a stair entrance, then the wider living area.  Apparently things weren’t quite aligned properly, either on our floor-installation end or when the house was built.  In any case, the boards were at a slight angle and wouldn’t pop in, and once we supposedly solved that, the boards were too tight and I couldn’t fit new ones in.  One thing to be somewhat proud of is that every time we had a seemingly insurmountable problem, after a few moments of wiping my forehead and sitting dejectedly on the partial floor mumbling swear words, hands clenching in preparation to yanking out my remaining hair (mostly gone after previous home projects), my massive intellect kicked in and I somehow figured out a way to make it work.  I’m still not sure how.  It’s all kind of hazy.

Not that it’s all perfect, by any means.  We’ve got places where the laminate peeled off, places where the boards smashed too tightly into each other and aren’t level, and one weird place where the floor is slightly off the ground and feels funny when you walk on it.  I think it’s due to the issues I mentioned earlier.  Plus we keep having to shuffle the furniture around as we fill in new spots.

We’re almost done now, though.  At last.  I do have a tricky bit around the angled fireplace, but I’ll burn that bridge when I find one suitable to replace it.