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6/07/2010

Aftereffects of Excessive Force: How NOT to Install Baseboards

Last weekend we painted the kitchen and dining room, and then went out and bought new flooring for said rooms.  As the company putting in the new linoleum charges by the foot to remove baseboards and also charges to move appliances, yesterday we started getting everything cleared out.

Now to the interesting part of my story: 

The guy who my family bought the house from years and years ago was a freekinmooronackidiut who probably didn't know what end of the hammer is the heavy one and so just used rocks to pound in an excessive amount of three and four inch nails (Seriously! For baseboards!) and glue to keep them from migrating.  Lots and lots of glue, of many different types.  Maybe he had some sort of fear that the baseboards would rise up and smother him in his sleep, so he wanted to make sure they were locked against the wall.  One section of board was about a yard long and had 10 nails, wood glue, and some sort of caulking.  By the end we were just about ready to pay the extra cash for the professionals to do it.  It definitely required brute force

Anyway, I will leave before the floor people get here, so who knows what the place will look like when I get back...

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