It's always something

*sigh*

CHALLENGE - the installer has to figure out how to install a straight-edge tile on a curve, without tearing up the carpet. The carpet in the living room, where it meets the tile entry way is curved. See the picture. UPDATE: In order to remove the old underlayment, he had to take up the carpet. New underlayment & tile will be installed under the carpet, and the carpet then tacked back down.

PROBLEM - KITCHEN PAINT - Painter was here yesterday, and was supposed to finish. Late afternoon, I peeked in and saw that the wall where the fridge goes had not been painted. When I questioned the painter, he said he was not supposed to paint there. I got on the phone to Susan, and she agreed with me that, yes, it needed to be painted since we were not enclosing the fridge in cabinetry. She talked to him, but he did not paint the wall. So now he has to come back and sand and paint it, on top of our new floor - which is going in today. He's a messy guy so I'm concerned. After he left yesterday, I decided to clean up the drywall footprints he left all over the red tile by the powder room. Luckily, I also decided to shake the rugs we keep on that floor. Found a big blob of Butte Rock paint on our gray brick porch! Since it was still wet, I was able to scrub it off.

PROBLEM - STAPLES - The floor installer was here bright and early. He was most unhappy to discover that he had hours of work ahead of him pounding down staples left from the old flooring. He said that should have been done before he got here.

PROBLEM - DRY WALL BLOBS - He was also unhappy over the amount of drywall blobs all over the floor. The underlayment cannot be installed over these blobs. They were supposed to be cleaned off, too, before he got here. So, in addition to pounding staples, he's scraping off drywall blobs.

PROBLEM - OLD STAIR NOSE - The metal 'trim' on the floor between the kitchen and family room should have been removed, and was not. Another unexpected job to do before installation can begin.

PROBLEM - NEW WOODEN STAIR NOSE - The new trim that will go down is wood, and needs to be stained. He says he's not supposed to do it, that 'customer' agreed to do it. No, 'customer' did not agree to do it. Susan agrees that the Floor people are supposed to do it. UPDATE: still don't know who is doing it, but the stair nose was installed yesterday. That means it will be stained with the new tile sitting there up against it. I don't know how that will turn out, but I am NOT happy that it was done that way. The piece is so small it could have been stained in a few minutes. Whoever does it had better not get any on the new tile. :-(

It's always something...