The Floor

Somehow we decided to re-do our floor. We got some click-lock bamboo. Hopefully it is as non-toxic and sustainable as they claim 😊

Here is a good "before" picture of our linoleum. Mostly it's fine, but has had several holes/gouges. We decided to NOT do a very expensive project we had been considering, so we did our floor instead...? We figured we would likely have to re-do the floor before moving, so we might as well enjoy it a bit (or a lot?) ourselves.

Here you can see the bamboo cross-hatch stacked behind the couch while it acclimates. It was like this for two weeks before we started laying it.

Stuff... I am excited for our house to be more live-able again!

Here was our slow start to removing the glued-down flooring. But Than found a tip online that suggested soaking it. So we did that and it helped! Our home teachers were really helpful. Brother Gallagher, who used to be a contractor, was fast at ripping up the floor. He has a lot of helpful tools he is lending to us as well!

We found mold and termites behind the molding that is across from the bottom of the stairs 😳😱😭. The mold will be checked tomorrow, but the termites are basically already taken care of. The termite guy said we caught them just in time. There wasn't damage yet! Hooray! And I hope he is right!!  In retrospect, finding these things before they got any worse is probably the unknown reason we agreed to do the floor- a blessing in disguise.

The dining room is done, and the kitchen is prepped. Nate Weir and Jason Ballash have also come to help.

Our other home teacher, Hao Vu, has been extremely helpful! He has come every day so far- 4 days! Not only that, but he has been very cheerful, optimistic, and fun for the kids. It's been a blessing that his family happens to be out of town without him right now so we aren't keeping him away from them. He also kind of knows my brother, Dave, from serving in the Anaheim Vietnamese-speaking mission.