The @&$?! New Floor!
By Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
Canada
April 23, 2019 5:23am CST
The laundry room is progressing. The walls have been painted and now we are installing the floor.
Transportation issues limited our flooring choices. We considered vinyl rolled flooring but knew it would be a challenge for us to carry home and then to manoeuvre into the basement room. Then we would still need to fit it into the room.
We found some snap together vinyl floor tiles...waterproof, mildew resistant, and easy to install.
Who decided this was easy to install. After two hours of both my husband and I working hard with a lot of trial and error we had six strips down.
After dinner we decided we were ready to tackle the final five feet but put our tools down after three more rows.
Some time today we will finish laying the new floor....then it's on to the door trim and baseboard before the washer and dryer can be put back into place.
The YouTube videos were helpful but not too realistic. No pieces went together with the ease that the installer snapped the floor on the video.
We considered making our own video.
It's a good thing we find the floor to be attractive, because I'm sure we old have thrown in the towel if it didn't at least look nice.
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24 responses
@Marilynda1225 (91064)
• United States
23 Apr 19
The floor does look nice but sorry that you're experiencing a hard time putting it down. Sound like back-breaking work.
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@Marilynda1225 (91064)
• United States
23 Apr 19
@Morleyhunt my knees day ouch in sympathy
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
@Marilynda1225 thank you. After tonight they get a brief respite.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
It's not back breaking. It's suprisingly easy on the back....now the knees, are another story altogether. They don't like me kneeling that long on concrete (we cheated and knelt on styrofoam) and the getting up and down for each piece was agonizing by the end.
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@LadyDuck (502343)
• Italy
23 Apr 19
@Morleyhunt It is a hard work, because the floor is low.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
@LadyDuck I don't understand why the floor can't be a bit higher and easier to reach. My knees hate me today. 
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
Not easy, but it looks beautiful now that it's fully down.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
23 Apr 19
If we get the house we are looking at we will need to do the kitchen and bathroom floors. We will use the same type of flooring. Hubby will be the one to battle with it.
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
25 Apr 19
@Morleyhunt we need a new floor put down in our bathroom. But he works best alone. LOL
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
We found that when we worked together we had the best success. Teamwork...we are a team.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Apr 19
@ElusiveButterfly our bathroom wouldn't have enough room for two people to install a floor.
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Apr 19
Some of these installations can be much trickier than they let on. I'm glad it looks nice.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
25 Apr 19
It was a @&$? Of a job....but it's finished and looks spectacular.
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@JudyEv (381960)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Apr 19
@Morleyhunt Well, at least it was worth the trouble.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
25 Apr 19
One piece at a time. Progress has been made.
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
23 Apr 19
Happy to have your new look of laundry area
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
Once this room is finished it will be the nicest laundry room I have ever had.
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@resukill22 (25050)
• Las Pinas City, Philippines
23 Apr 19
@Morleyhunt that is great
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
It does look exceptionally nice now that the job is finished.
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@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
24 Apr 19
It happened the same with my years ago when I installed floating floor in the living and dining room. Now I could not do it so I don´t try.
@marguicha (230351)
• Chile
25 Apr 19
@Morleyhunt I have to congratulate you. At this time of my life, I have to pay when I want something done.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
25 Apr 19
The laminate will be installed in the sewing room and the family room. We hope it's a little more cooperative.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
The floor is a blue gray stone look. It looks beautiful..exactly what we were hoping for...just a lot more difficult to put down than we expected,
Hurray..it's all down.
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@simone10 (54180)
• Louisville, Kentucky
24 Apr 19
@Morleyhunt yay! Aren't you glad it's over?
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
It is done...it is beautiful...I'm pleased with the result if not the process.
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@garymarsh6 (23998)
• United Kingdom
24 Apr 19
Haha reminds me of helping a friend do one of their rooms. My oh My we could have filled a swear box that day. I am glad we did their place first before I did mine which had no mistakes after lying it. It looks nice I love the colour!
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
25 Apr 19
Love how it looks...I wish it had gone together a little more easily.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
27 Apr 19
The finished floor looks very nice...but putting it down was much more difficult that we had envisioned.
@isweartokira (3459)
• United States
25 Apr 19
I'm sorry it's turning out to be such a pain,but gosh it looks beautiful! all the hard work will be worth it
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
25 Apr 19
The floor is finished. We are happy ith the final result.
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@debjani1 (7202)
•
24 Apr 19
The floor looks good. You can only take the idea from you tube. But the choice should be yours. Am sure you both can finish the work today.
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
23 Apr 19
Were these tough to line up Morely? Looks very nice.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
The lining up was the easy part....getting them to actually lock together was another story.
The floor is done (yay!) on to the next job.
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@jstory07 (148731)
• Roseburg, Oregon
24 Apr 19
The floor does look nice. I hope you are able to finish it soon.
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
25 Apr 19
The laundry room is complete. Now it's time for the laminate in the sewing room.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
25 Apr 19
Hen must have been showing off. It certainly isn't going together as easily as the video makes it look.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
I think it looks great. I would never try to put a floor in my house. I can't get on my knees, I'd need something with wheels. two new knees are great but I can't get to the floor, it hurts the knees..
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
23 Apr 19
No new knees...but the old ones are complaining today. Between the damp weather and the repeated up and down...they aren't feeling so great.
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@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
25 Apr 19
It does look nice...but what a pain to instal.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
24 Apr 19
I noticed nothing is ever as easy as in those videos.
I wanna try this in a rental house.
