Refreshing.....

7:23 am - Thursday - February 16th - GNHS - 44° F, humidity 28%, wind 8 mph out of the north.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 63° F.  On this date in 2015 TLE and I were in Sedona, AZ having lunch at the Open Range Grill & Tavern....if you are in Sedona, you need a restaurant with a view, otherwise, what is the point?.....↴

TLE and I have been discussing changing our vinyl flooring for the first time in almost 10 years.  The last time we redid our floors was back in late October of 2013, and it is time again to refresh the look of the Newell interior.  We've been looking at vinyl flooring at Home Depot, and Lowe's, and have settled upon "Antique Woodland Oak"......

.....yup, it is a bit darker than the old flooring, but we've been living with this one piece for about a month now, and it is growing on us.  At any rate, I ordered a couple hundred square feet of it, and we'll be picking it up from the La Quinta Lowe's in the next few days. 

Ordering the new flooring has forced me to deal with a problem in the bathroom that has been lurking there for a while now.  Back when we had to replace our water heater as it was LEAKING some of the leaked water from the water heater apparently made its way into the bathroom sub flooring, and I have been noticing a soft spot in the middle of the flooring for a while now.  Well, if we're going to rip out all of the old vinyl I had better get going on clearing out the bad plywood, so no time like the present.....

.....I spent about 2 hours removing the bad wood.  It's not as bad as I thought it was going to be, but I had to remove about 2/3's of the 3/4" plywood.  I'm going to need an oscillating saw to cut out the rest of the bad wood, but at least I know what the damage is, and what materials I'll need to repair it.  To be clear, the bad wood extends into the flooring under the cabinets on the right, and under the toilet pedestal on the left, so I'll need the oscillating saw to get at that, and make clean cuts.  I'll have to remove the carpeting on the left, but I'll be able to cut out the bad flooring under the cabinet by simply opening the cabinet door...there's plenty of room to maneuver in there.  In the interim I cut a piece of 3/4" particle board to place in the area where I cut out the wood.....

....we've got a busy weekend coming up so we need to be sure we have as many RZRs and KRXs available as possible.  I was able to get Kyle to replace the bad right front tire on #8 KRX, and add a new one to match it on the left front, so it is now ready for rental.  Kyle also was able to install the rebuilt primary clutch on RZR #2, which as been out of service for a month, so now we are back up to 6 rental units, and should have #9 KRX back from COYNE next week to bring us back to full strength.

The winds came an went all day Wednesday, and blew like a hurricane all night.  As I write the winds have abated for a few hours, and we are hoping they will not return for a while.

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