In the end, the simple things always throw the biggest twist in construction projects.
Yesterday,
Desiree and I finally managed to lay down the last of the interlocking floor
tiles in our laundry room. After forcing
the final tile into place, I tasked myself with applying edging where the new
tile overlays an existing section of floor in the mechanical nook.
That
job quickly “went south” on me.
A single
length of the metal edging trim was not long enough for the transition. When I cut the second piece and knelt to
install it, I discovered the metal colors (though they were the same product
name and number) did not match.
After
linking together, a string of inappropriate words, I dropped my tools and drove
to town to grab a new, matching length of metal.
That
didn’t go well, either.
The
store employee selected to help me, displayed far more interest in baby talking
to a dog leashed to another customer.
When I finally returned home, I discovered the factory edge on the new metal
had been mangled at the time of manufacture.
Rather than lose another hour by running to town to exchange the metal,
I hacksawed off the damaged material and carefully filed down the rough edges
to make a fresh end of my own.
Though
we lost several hours, we finally managed to complete the tile and the metal
trim.
I finished with a Cold Smoke beer.
Mismatched
Metal
Finished
Floor
Matched
Metal in Place
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