CARPET UPDATE, SORRY IT'S NOT OVER

 We had to wait a week for the carpet lay to be completed.  

Because, as 'M' the carpet layer showed Stew, the piece of carpet supplied for the dining room was too short, and there was a triangular section not covered.  He wasn't prepared to 'patch' it and have a join there.

ABOVE:  That is why we had to wait for a longer piece of carpet to arrive.

We were told the new piece had arrived on Wednesday, therefore they could finish our job yesterday.

So, WHY do we now have this???

ABOVE:  WTF???   Now it's OK to do a patch, and have a join there?????

To us, it would appear they have either used the same piece of carpet they had LAST WEEK, or the second piece of carpet was too short as well.

Which means we spent a week waiting for our carpet to be finished for nothing, and we still have a PATCH and join in a dumb place.

Second issue, which I picked up on the minute I checked the carpet, once the men had left. (ignore the numbers, that was for my email to the 'boss man').

I drew lines on the underlay to show where I wanted the vinyl in the kitchen to STOP, and where the carpet should START.

ABOVE:  I talked to Jameison (the vinyl layer) about it, I talked to Bryan from Carpet Court about it, and I showed 'M' the carpet layer my lines several times.

This was IMPORTANT to me.  I wanted this because:

ABOVE:  I wanted our bins to be on the vinyl, not the carpet.

Now?  They are partly on the damn carpet!  I'm actually really angry about this.  It was the ONE thing I was so specific about.  

This can be fixed.  But, it's not going to be done by 'M'.  

Now, enough bitching!  I will let you know if/when I hear back from the Head of Retail Operations.  He will have received my email last night, and might read it today sometime.

I'm going to have so much fun today!

All my china can go back in the cabinets.  And I can fluff around getting EVERYTHING back in it's rightful place.

OMG I can't wait to sit back and know there's nothing left to do.

Ummmm... sadly our dining table spat the dummy last night, when we were getting it ready to move from the garage to the dining room, which involved taking the table top off.  A piece fell off the bottom!

ABOVE: I'm not even surprised.  We have had that table for about 25 years, and it's been lugged around the country with us, through our last 5 homes!  

So, it's a super glue job for the weekend.  In the meantime, we don't have a table in the dining room.  Too bad. We don't sit at the table that often anyway.  

Right, I'm off to make a start on getting the china back in the cabinets.

8.45 am:  I stayed up until after 1 am last night.  Looking for ONE PHOTO.  It wasn't one I'd put on the blog, but I knew I'd taken it.

I had to scroll through hundreds of photos until I found it.  But find it I was determined to do.

ABOVE:  I took this photo the day before the new vinyl was laid.  And it clearly shows my 'line' on the old vinyl.  That line was then transferred to the concrete (for Jameison to see), and then to the underlay for the carpet layer to see.

So no one can say it wasn't there.

And now... back to titivating!

Or not.  VICIKI:  if we were to put the vinyl planks under the bar counter, the join would still not be fully covered.  And all along I did not want vinyl there again.  

I may end up not using the bar stools at all, to stop the carpet join from wearing too fast.

Around 9.30 am I took off to town to get a couple more of these:

ABOVE:  They are perfect for putting my little Britto figurines on.  They now have ones that extend (like the one above) which is awesome.

I got three of them, that should be enough.

ABOVE:  I'm about half way through unpacking all the china.

It's now 1.15 and I'm stopping for some lunch.

3.05 pm:  I'm so tired.  

Had some upsetting news... but won't go into details right now as it MIGHT still come right.

I've been putting stuff in the china cabinets.

I am NOT taking them out again!

Stew and I have talked and we will not be having the house re-carpeted again, even if they offer to do it.  We just don't want the upheaval again!

We are both just DRAINED... and totally over it.

So, they can compensate us for the muck ups and extremely poor customer service, and we will call it a day.  (have not heard from them yet)

If we have issues with the join, we will deal with it if and when that happens.

We can live with the bins like that  for now.

It's such a shame there is nowhere else to put the bins.  They are too tall for the pantry, as they would block access to two shelves.

I'm probably half way through the china.  But have had to stop, my head is pounding and I feel a bit sick.

Just overtired I'd say.

STEW... takeaways tonight!

So.  Steve had a terrible night with stomach pains.  He had blood tests this morning, as all his pain was exactly the same as when he got Pancreatitis last year.  

The tests have come back negative, so goodness knows what's causing his gut issues right now?

But, if his pain continues or gets worse he will have to go to the hospital.  He's not looking forward to that, so fingers crossed it settles down again.

I'm expecting a delivery this afternoon.

Most unexpected.  We ordered something last Saturday from Bunnings, fully expecting it to take MONTHS to arrive from Australia.

NOPE.  Today!!!!  

On Saturday the other lady we dealt with said it would cost us a few hundred dollars for delivery.

Today's lady said, NO WAY, I'm getting it delivered to your house, FOR FREE!!!

It's been a very up and down day ... for sure. 😊😏😪

5.45 pm:  And maybe it's NOT turning up today.  The lady did say if it didn't get delivered today (depending on time), it would be Tuesday.

So, Tuesday it is then.  😊

Stew just got home.  Time to 'knock off' for the day.

I just finished doing the china cabinets too.  'Phew', that was a mission.

The day is done.  We had takeaways for dinner, Amanda joined us for dinner as well.

Now.  I can't hardly keep my eyes open, so I'm going to bed really early.