Possibly the most boring pictures I have ever posted, but ...

[dizzojay]

You may remember back at the end of January, I posted about the leak that Mr D and I discovered behind our kitchen sink.  We think the leak had been going on for months without our knowledge because the offending pipe was out of sight.  For such a small leak, it caused a ridiculous amount of damage; it ruined our kitchen floor, our hall carpet and the wooden unit which housed the kitchen sink.  Luckily the insurance agreed to pay for the damage, which was a huge relief given that the total repair bill came to just over two and a half thousand pounds!




The original hall carpet and kitchen floor was taken up at the end of February, and about a month later, the carpenter came to replace the kitchen sink cabinet, but since then Mr D and I have been walking around on bare concrete waiting for the floor to dry to a sufficient point that the new hall carpet and kitchen laminate can be laid on top of it. Also, everything that would have been on the kitchen floor, (and in its adjoining walk-in cupboard) such as shoe racks and cases of dapplegrey art stock have been piled up in the dining room - I haven't seen our dining table for five months.

Finally, last week the floor was deemed suitable - almost five months after the leak was discovered, and today we had our new kitchen floor and hall carpet laid, and I am SO relieved to get back to some degree of normality!

After the fiasco with our new boiler and the asbestos saga at the beginning of January, and then this, I just need the house to PLAY NICE for the rest of the year!

Please - it's not too much to ask, is it?

Comments

[deanshot1]

The new flooring is looking lovely, I know it must be such a relief to be able to walk on a soft carpet then concrete because that stuff is freezing no matter what time of year it is.
I hope your house plays nice for the rest of the year also.
*hugs*

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I hope the house behaves itself too because we really have spent far too much this year!!!

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

We just discovered that a damp patch on the floor in our upstairs toilet is caused by the roof tiles not sitting properly, not the toilet leaking. Which would be bad enough except this has been going on for long enough that the roof timbers are all rotten and that section of roof is going to need replacing! When I get home tomorrow I need to contact the house insurance to see if this is something we can claim, or whether they are going to call it wear and tear.

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I hope you can claim 'cause that's gonna be expensive.

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Oh bugger - hope everything's okay. DId the insurance play nicely and help?
xx

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

Looking lovely, finally. I hate it when shit just isn't getting done. The amount of work needed and DAMN!!! That's an expensive bill *hugs* I'm glad it's all sorted and I'll keep my toes and fingers crossed the house behaves itself!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Thank you. First world problems, I know, but it's been VERY wearing!

[milly-gal.livejournal.com]

It's still your home, hun, when your home isn't up together, believe me it's a nightmare feeling. ♥

[fireheart13.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

\o/

[sinfulslasher]

Not boring at all - I think the flooring looks very lovely, and finally seeing the end to the seemingly never-ending story is cause for celebration! *opens bottle of champagne*

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

*clinks glasses*

[reapertownusa.livejournal.com]

It's lovely--congrats on the new flooring! Hidden leaks seem to be going around--we discovered a couple of weeks ago that our dishwasher has been leaking under the floorboards, and are currently waiting for the kitchen floor to dry out. Considering how wonderful water is at cleaning, I don't know how it can be so darn messy!

[dizzojay.livejournal.com]

Oh no. I hope you can get everything cleaned up without too much hassle. Water can be horribly messy and destructive when you least expect it. :(