Friday, August 7, 2009

Tiling Final Room! Ordered Sofa.

I'm now tiling the TV room! As of last night, I'm about half way there. This room is going pretty fast since there are no measurements and cuts to be made for the most part. It's just wide open space. Last night, I laid 19 more of the large 20x20 tiles. That covered a lot of floor.

Today there was a tax holiday for the Louisiana state sales tax. I took advantage of the 4% savings to order my sofa and love seat for this room. Delivery will be 4-6 weeks. It's a La-Z-Boy recliner sofa. Chocolate colored microfiber fabric that has a feel similar to leather. It's nice to finally get to the furniture stage!

On the issue of the two plumbing problems, the countertop guys are supposed to call me this afternoon to meet with them about the dishwasher height problem. I dread having them take the top out and re-do it higher, but it's the best solution. I've searched, but I can't find a dishwasher short enough to fit in the space as-is even if I wanted to. The last option is to rip out the tile in the alcove where the unit goes. These tiles overflow out in front of the cabinet, and I'd need to re-tile in front of the unit once it's installed. This also means that I'd have to tear up the tile yet again if the unit ever needs to be removed.

I need to call the plumber back about the bypass on the hot water line. He had suggested running a line to the master bath because he thought the laundry room was okay. I don't think the pressure is right in the laundry room either. This means we need to look at it again together and determine the right location for the bypass.

In case I didn't mention it earlier, the driveway guys finally did come back out and fix where the two parts were separating. All they had to do was remove two or three rows of pavers and put them back in making the spaces even. Then they put sand back in between, and you can't tell the difference.

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