so… i was so mad and SO angry about what i am now going to unfold to you, that i swore off trying to make things better inside the house for awhile.

i don’t think you know how angry and frustrated i was. but you have no clue why, so let me get to that.

i was in the bathroom when i saw a corner of the linoleum peeling up. i gave it a tug to see what was going on to find yet another layer of linoleum below. i rolled my eyes but my curiosity got the best of me, i wanted to see what was below that. oh man, it was beautiful hardwood floors! excited, i started pulling up both of those layers and thinking “refinishing hardwoods is easy but hard work. easy but hard and reasonably priced! and so beautiful in the end result!” that is what i was thinking, but i forgot we had bought the house the previous owners were real dicks about.

why was there TWO layers of linoleum? because there was water damage they wanted to hide. one layer would give way so you could feel the rotting wood beneath but two layers made it more sturdy and not so noticeable! oh these lazy bastards thought they were so smart…

so i peel up both layers and i see rotting wood, water damage and HIDDEN GIANT HOLES! yes! you read that right, big old holes. how did i not feel those? well, it’s between the sink and the tub and there isn’t any room there. they just laid a piece of plywood on it and i guess they thought that was that. the hole isn’t just on the floor, but as stated before is underneath the sink as well, where they ingeniously put a piece of carpet as if it would fix everything.

now why is the wood rotting? it seems they took out the wall behind the toilet and replaced it with a sheet of faux tiling. the ridiculously funny thing about this all is they left the edging of the wall that once was there behind this sheet of faux tile so you know a wall WAS there at some point. what is between the sheet of faux tile and the outside wall? a thin piece of plastic sheeting. yep. that’s it.

now, what is happening is every time somebody takes a shower, condensation collects on that piece of plastic, beads up, drips down and settles on the floor, rotting it slowly. HOW WAS THIS A GOOD IDEA!?!? DID THEY NOT THINK OF THIS???

oh the rage. the fiery red horrific rage. and the rotting around the toilet? well, that is just because they never sealed the toilet. so they slapped another layer on the linoleum they must of already had and called it a day instead of fixing the fact the floor WAS ROTTING.

stated in the video is the black on the floors is mold. it is not. as soon as i stopped filming i bent over and scraped up some of the substance. it’s actually adhesive from previous flooring. oh thank god.

but that is why i’ve been silent. i was so angry, i threw down any and all work i wanted to do because of frustration to the point of almost having an aneurysm and the lack of money to fix these problems.

but things have picked up as mentioned earlier. the ball is rolling and life is going on. one day i’ll get back to fixing that bathroom, but it’s not anytime soon.