I've been sort of obsessed with floors lately. Mainly because those are the things we have to get in order before we can move into the house. The bathroom, because I'm not living in a house where you can see the plywood subfloor in the room where liquid is always sloshing about. The rest of the house because once there is furniture in the place I know we'll never get around to pulling up the carpets.
Things have calmed somewhat, as we've admitted defeat on the bathroom floor and are calling in professionals to do the job. Mainly because ripping up 57 year old linoleum that isn't water damaged is a pain in the ass. This removes some responsibility from my plate, and also delays the move as we have to work on other people's schedules now.
So now it's just the approximately 900+ square feet of carpeting being ripped up. That's a physically grueling task! When I started the job on Thursday there were some pesky staples that weren't coming up with the needlenosed pliers. I decided to ignore them for the time being, as there was already plenty on my plate. Today the last bit of tack strip got pulled up, and now it was time to address the stubborn staples. This was now an even bigger problem, as they were prevalent in the living and dining rooms.
I'd been trying to figure out what tool I could use to get them up since I first encountered the problem, and while pacing the aisles at Home Depot today it came to me.
A staple remover. It's right there in the name. The tool is designed to remove staples.
So I scurried over to Target to pick up a staple remover. Works like a charm!
Guess what's on deck for tomorrow? My shoulders are dreading it already.
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