Home Improvement - Part 2

7:58 am - Sunday - August 26th - Southwest Harbor, ME - 64º F, 87% humidity, wind 5 mph out of the south......partly cloudy skies with a forecast high today of 68º F.

We installed our current faux wood vinyl flooring back in October of 2013....wait, what?  Has it been 5 years? Hmmmm......when I sat down this morning to write today's missive I wasn't thinking it had been that long.  Considering the fact that we live in our coach full time it has worn pretty well.  There were a couple of issues with some of the 'planks' in the bedroom area losing their adhesive and coming loose on one end, another 'plank' that was missing a corner, and the one in the kitchen on which the 'wood' had worn off in a spot about the size of a dime.  When we finished installing the original flooring we kept one box of flooring in case we needed to make repairs, because it is not 'if', but 'when' repairs will be needed.  Saturday was the second time I have accessed the contents of that box to repair damaged planks.  At the beginning of Saturday we were down to 4 full length planks, and 4 smaller pieces.  

I figured I could turn the one plank around which had the missing corner, and hide that blemish under the 1/4 round trim at the foot of the bed.  The loose planks I could pull up, and reapply Scotch brand spray adhesive to their backs, as well as on the underlayment, then reinstall them.  There were, however, two other planks needing complete replacement (one in the bedroom, and one in the kitchen)......

 The new plank ready for installation, and the area where I am reinstalling the planks is taped to prevent over spray

 The other planks reinstalled, and two more almost ready

 Everything in the bedroom reinstalled

The new plank in the kitchen is installed

.....while I was working on the flooring project, TLE went into town to buy some groceries since I was occupying about two thirds of the coach fixing flooring.  In all it took me about 2 hours, maybe more.....I kind of lost track of time.  All I know is that I could hear TLE pull into the yard as I was installing the last new plank in the kitchen. 

I get a lot of satisfaction from fixing things around our tiny home, and from the fact that I usually have on hand what I need to effect those repairs without having to run to Home Depot, or Lowe's three times.  We are not always near one of those box stores, so it is imperative that I think ahead.  I can probably make repairs to the floor one more time with the two remaining planks, and 4 partial planks, but it will be time, probably after our Alaska trip, to redo all of it.  Lowe's no longer stocks our flooring, so it will be time to pick out something new at that time.

By the time we had lunch it was time to find a seat and watch some golf, and that is what I did the rest of the afternoon.....TLE read, watching occasionally.  Tiger, if you were wondering, is about 13 strokes back of the leaders.  He has played pretty well the first three days, but just isn't getting his putts to drop.

About 5:30 pm I lit the Sea-B-Que to grill a single filet mignon for our dinner.  We bought a couple of them a few days ago, but they are pretty good sized ones, so we are splitting one betwixt the two of us.  TLE added some sauteed potatoes, mushrooms and onions, and some asparagus with hollandaise sauce.......triple yum!  To chase these delicacies we poured a 2015 Coppola Malbec.......I have to say, I have had Malbec maybe once before, but now I am totally intrigued.  Our good friends Steven and Linda like Malbec.....I'll have to search out some more in the near future.

We've got a few more home improvement projects to complete in the next few weeks before we haul anchor and spend 5 weeks seeing a few more states we have yet to visit.  Oh, by the way, TLE has written a blog post which I will be posting to the blog in the next few days.  She does not contribute often, but when she does it is usually a pretty good read.

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