Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Day 4

Today we rented a tile stripper

And just like the paint sprayer we borrowed it didn't work at first and we had to fix it in some way. This tile remover machine was borrowed from a rent company and the bolts that held the blade in place were stripped. We knew if we returned it we would be out a day of working on the floor so we just went out and bought bolts to replace it. After that it still wasn't working correctly and figured that a part needed nuts so we went out and got that. This all took 5 hours. It took that long because we couldn't figure out what was wrong.


Once Riley fixed the machine it worked wonderfully and he was able to work on the floor. So he stripped tile and I swept the pieces in piles. The floor should be complete by tomorrow!!!!

6 comments:

  1. Wow! Y'all are having some hard times! I hope things go smoothly tomorrow. That kind of thing always happens to Aubrey and I.

    Good luck. It is looking great so far.

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  2. Oh man! 5 hours wasted and I bet they did not discount any for the machine. Don't ya love rent places? Glad you could get the floor stripped! It's looking good!

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  3. You guys are really whipping this place into shape! I love the determination I'm seeing here. You're awesome, Estela!

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  4. That Riley is such a stud! Look at all that tile-free floor!

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  5. woah, that's some serious remodeling!

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  6. You two are awesome! I can't wait to see how your hard work pays off. :D

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