7th May 2018
A bank holiday for most, but for me it was more floor gluing. It was really hot outside, but cool inside, however the temperature rose considerably as I got into the job. I was aware of the time limit for the adhesive, and I also had latex gloves to stop my fingers sticky. It helped for a time, and I was making good progress, but the sweat was dripping off the end of my nose, not a pretty sight. I finished off the kitchen and living room end with just the remaining half to go. That is where things started to go wrong.
Fortunately all the cutting had been done, but I had to take up all the panels and place them in the correct order for re-laying. Now that I had the appliances sitting on the floor there needed to be some rapid moving of stuff to make room.
A lot of the remaining runs were over four metres long which is tricky to handle on my own. As you get one end in, the other pops out. I resulted in placing a strip of gaffa tape to hold it down, that helped, but the drips continued.
I did what I could with the adhesive I had, but it was obvious that I would not finish it.
To finish the day I fitted skirting boards to the completed areas, and by the time I stopped for the day I was exhausted
Another Lifetime to go 