i don't think i've mentioned, but my house was built in 1854, 1864, something like that. and it was added onto over time. the main part of the house has walls of plaster mixed with horsehair over wood lath. because of this, and because of years of former inhabitants doing things WRONG, there's no such thing as "an easy project." in example; i need to tear up the carpet on the sunporch because it's stained with cat pee and it's gross and it just has to go. but you know what's probably underneath it? plywood over wood lath. and if i'm going to lay down tile, i'm going to do the floor right, and lay 1" foam insulation, then 1/8" sub-floor, THEN the tile. and none of that is cheap. except the tile, the tile i'd picked out is like 40% off right now. but all the rest of that shit is not cheap! and it's getting cold. and i'm going to have that dumpster any day now. i need to rip it up and throw it away while i have the dumpster. ugh. pain in the fucking ass.
and it's the same thing with the carpet inside the house. it's stained and nasty and gross and i just don't like carpet. i cut a piece up and there's 1/2" padding underneath it, then BLUE plywood, then 1" wood lath. then you can see straight down to the ground. i was SO hoping there was like pine plank flooring underneath. hope springs eternal.
i feel a little bad for the contractor coming on friday, because i've written out like 10 pages of questions for him.
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