errantember

I kind of thought putting in the bamboo flooring I've had sitting in my house for two years would kinda go like this:

1) Cover floor with vapor barrier
2) Glue in a plank
3) Make a cut where necessary
4) Repeat

Instead it's gone somewhat more like this:

1) Cover floor with vapor barrier
2) Notice planks are not even remotely flat
3) Try to put them in anyway
4) See big cracks between warped planks
5) Swear
6) Try to fill in cracks with glue.
7) Swear some more
8) Hit things with rubber mallet, some of which involve installing the floor
9) Have the job stalled for three days due to the presence of my Mother and her hyper-yappy miniature Jack Russel Terrier "Wiggles"
9.5) Cook 70% of Christmas dinner by myself
10) Try using plane to smooth of uneven edges of wood
11) Discover plane doesn't quite take off all the wood
11.5) Get bamboo splinter
12) Swear
13) Try using sander block to smooth wood
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