Well it was way back in November when the leak in the basement happened. The good news I suppose is that the vermin seem to have taken a vacation over the winter. Not sure if that is the exterminators, the lack of a water source now, or the fact the we have 2 kitties.
Well, today the new carpet arrived. We had a few hiccups on that along the way. First the guy that measured for the carpet, came up with a different number to the insurance adjuster. So we had to revisit that.
Then the carpet that we were shown that was supposed to be the same quality, was rejected by the insurance company. They argued the point and we got the right carpet.
The carpet was estimated to be installed before Christmas. It was not in stock that was rescheduled. The first run was too narrow. That was another delay.
Finally the carpet was delivered to the stockroom. Now they could schedule delivery.
Tuesday or Friday, I said. OK, they said, how about Saturday. I agreed to have the weekend messed up and set the appointment for then. A truck arrived on Friday to glue the carpet, which was not there, down. I explain the problem. They call the office and decide to revisit today – about 9.30. At 11 this morning I called to see if they had been another delay, but of course the office was closed.
They did arrive about noon, or just before. They finally went at 8 this evening.
The good news is that the carpet looks great. The whole place looks uncluttered and clean.
I went to Home depot during the day to pick up some shelving stuff so that we can do that before putting everything back into the room. Hopefully it will help the balancing act that occurred when too many things get stuffed into on room. It is easy to lob something in and shut the door.
Tomorrow we refill the room with ’stuff’. Some has been recycled to the bin or the Goodwill shop, but there is still alot of ’stuff’ to put in there.
