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This weird old floor in a Tacoma bungalow ate up my whole Friday
I got a call to replace the carpet in a 1920s bungalow. The old stuff came up easy, but the floor underneath was a mess. It wasn't level at all, with these weird dips and humps from old repairs. I figured I'd need to patch a bit, but it was way worse. I ended up having to use almost two full bags of floor leveler to get it flat enough to stretch over. What I thought was a half-day patch job turned into a full 8-hour day just on the prep work. The homeowner was cool about it, but man, it threw my whole week off. Anyone else run into a floor that needed way more leveling than you could see at first?
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sandraflores2d ago
Old houses always hide their worst secrets under the carpet. You pull it up expecting a quick fix and find a total disaster. That leveler is a lifesaver but it eats up so much time. It's the worst when the job scope doubles out of nowhere. Your whole schedule gets wrecked.
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