It's glamorous work

And somebody's got to do it.

By it, I mean pulling up the horrible, horrible vinyl "parquet" tile in the master bedroom. And under that tile? 1/2-inch particle board. You know, the really awful stuff that's essentially made of sawdust and glue.

These charming flooring options were, of course, nailed AND glued down with construction adhesive. Now, I know that adhesives have their place, but they're close to irreversible. At least this stuff was just squirted on in a bead instead of troweled on, because it was just incredibly difficult to pry loose, instead of completely impossible.



Now all that's left is to haul the debris to the garage for pickup Saturday morning, and then about a dozen spots are going to require some dislodging action with a chisel.

Not easy physical work, this. No, no. As with every other demolition project, though, once it's done, it's done forever. That's the brightest side.