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Wir lieben Deutsche, NICHT!

Well we’ve been in our house for 3 weeks now and we’re almost done with the walls, primer and painting. We can’t find our camera so I’m forced to use Polaroids to document this lengthy and complicated remodel process. I plan to scan in the Polaroids but that might take some time. As soon as I get them up I’ll share them.

The last time I blogged we we’re just getting started with knocking down walls and L was primering all the walls. We’ve developed a new comment for every time we run into an issue during this triple bypass remodel. Just to get off subject for a second we thought about this and we’re essentially doing four consecutive projects in one swoop; bedrooms, living room, dining room and a kitchen. When you stop to think about it its boggling to think that in a mere 3 weeks we’re almost half way done!!

Anyways, as I was saying about our new saying. We've begun saying “F@#king Germans!!” every time we run into a problem with the house! Now, we don’t mean to offend any Germans out there. They’re nice people, great food ( I think), nice cars (VW and Audis) but the people we bought the house from… good gawd! Just they way they did things makes you scratch your head and say “WHY! Why good lord did they do that!” Just for example, there is a recess in the main living room. The dining, kitchen and main hallway all surround the recessed living room. Cool huh, yeah it is but, but, when they installed the laminate flooring they decided to glue down 2 sheets of laminate on the vertical part of the step and butt the rest of the recessed floor up to it.

Now, you might think “hmm, that’s weird but not that weird.” Well, let me tell ya, they didn’t use just any type of glue they used “Liquid Nails” on the concrete and in-between each board. Therefore, when removing the wood I had to remove pieces of concrete just to get the first layer of wood off. To top that I had to go out and get a 4 foot long crow-bar (called The Destroyer!) just to get those pieces of wood (laminate) off the concrete step. Now when I lay my wood down I have to use some leveling material so the wood doesn’t bend or crack when it’s laid down. F@#king Germans!

Did I mention the “remodeled” master bath shower floor tiles have begun to crack? I was taking a shower the other night and suddenly I heard a small “pop” sound under my heel. What was that? I look down and low and behold the ceramic floor tile cracked. Well, we can’t use that shower anymore!! F@#king Germans!!

As you can begin to tell this is becoming comical to us. L and I simply laugh and say “just add it to the list”. Now, I wouldn’t want you all to think that this house is what could be called a “Money Pit” because it isn’t. These things are generally typical with remodels but as our friend Sushi J says “I’d rather build something new any day than remodel!” Amen to that J, we can attest to that statement but we knew what we were getting into, and honestly, it has and still is quite fun to remodel this house.

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