New door , new floor and DANG it is cold !!!

This is the start of our renos .....a nice garden door to replace the sliding glass doors onto the deck . Already we notice a difference with them , first , they don't let in as much light but they don't have the coldness of the sliding door ! Even with the cold weather it is nice to be able to open the door to let the dogs out instead of having to fight the door open as it is stuck on the frozen track !
Ryder likes that he can still look in and out them .... and the nose prints on the glass attest to that ! The cat isn't sure about them though ... or maybe it is because there is now snow on the deck that makes him not want to go out ! Can't say I blame him ! Tonight the thermometer reads a balmy -28 C ............... thank heavens it is not snowing nor blowing like earlier in the week !
Kandi isn't impressed with this mess ! The floor layers discovered that they had to chip the old lino off the plywood as the contractor that built the house had glued the subfloor to the plywood .... made for a BIG mess and a lot of work ! The 2 day job of my flooring took 4 days and 2 days of the weekend that they didn't work ! I was not impressed to say the least and everything was covered in a fine dust .... I doubt I will ever get it out of my house and my ductwork !
All in all , it was well worth the mess and the expense as I love my flooring ! Oak laminate is now in the dining area , hall and front room while we went lino in the front entrance and kitchen area ! Easy maintenance with the animals too !
We cut the kitchen flooring back and did the laminate into the dining area which makes the living room & dining area all flow together much better .

This the mess in my front room while they were working removing the old lino ....Tucker doesn't look impressed ( he is hiding behind the vacuum ! )


And for some strange reason , I don't have a photo of the finished front room ! LOL ! Oh well , at this point , I don't think I was on my feet much as the pneumonia had just kicked in !

Thank heavens the house is almost back to normal and I am on the road to recovery ....now if I could just get my Christmas decorations up ! LOL !


"It never hurts your eyesight to look at the brightside of things "