{"id":19219,"date":"2013-10-15T15:03:38","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T15:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=19219"},"modified":"2013-10-15T17:32:06","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T17:32:06","slug":"the-floor-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=19219","title":{"rendered":"The Floor Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, the builder sent his foreman, the guy who installed our floors and the guy who supplied the wood for our floors to come to our house to look at the floors. The installer said nothing and left early - he does not like us, never has, and that is a big part of the reason we're in the situation we're in; if he had just made the repairs we asked for, months ago (and not dicked around, ignored our phone calls, fucked-up the repairs he did do, and refused to do any more) we might not be asking to have the entire floor replaced. But, that's what he did, and so ... here we are.<\/p>\n

Anyway, the other two guys looked around for a while, but didn't have much to say. And this week, Mrs is going to meet with those people again to discuss what they think they should do. I can't wait to learn what that is!<\/p>\n

We also went looking at other houses last weekend. It's the \"Parade Of Homes\" season here in central NC, where all the builders in the area build a house or two to show off what they can do. We saw a couple of really nicely-done houses, and if we decide to build again, those builders will be at the top of our list. <\/p>\n

While talking about how some of those houses were great and some were really nothing special, we got an idea about how to make the house we're in better: turn the two-story family room into two single-story rooms. While that might be a hell of a construction job, it would fix a lot of the problems we have - a two story room in a house full of hardwood floors is exceedingly loud; a two-story wall is impossible to decorate and the 'plant shelf' that sits in the middle of this 20' wall is just a decorating nightmare; the ceiling fan is too high up to provide any real light; the fan\/light and the plant shelves are taller than any of my ladders (so we can't put real plants up there - I couldn't water them!); and, maybe the worst of all, The Mistake:
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\nThat's the fireplace mantle, flanked by built-in bookshelves. The TV is mounted in front of that outlet. At the top on the right is the second floor balcony. On the top-left is the \"plant shelf\". But follow the edges of those two bookcases up. See how the left-side bookcase is about four inches to the right of the wall above the molding ? Now see how the right bookcase is in line with the wall above the molding ? That's The Mistake. We didn't notice it until we had moved in. There's no way easy to fix it - can't make the left bookcase skinnier because that would make the fireplace off-center; can't bring the right side in; can't move the top-left wall in; maybe<\/em> could move the top-right wall out? We look at The Mistake constantly, since it's right above the TV. And it drives us crazy. Such a fucking stupid mistake on the framer's part, and so fucking stupid of us to miss it in all the months construction was going on. <\/p>\n

But, putting a ceiling right where that molding sits fixes The Mistake, helps with the noise, eliminates the plant shelves, and lowers the ceiling fan!<\/p>\n

Mrs will be talking with contractors about it, soon.<\/p>\n

So, we're not sure if we're moving out or not. Still on the fence. We'll see how this floor stuff goes, and what the new ceiling cost and hassle might be. We like the lot and location, and if we can eliminate the biggest sore spots about the house, staying might be a possibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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