I was going to start on the loft tomorrow after running out today to get the final missing bits. I’ve been waffling on the flooring in there, wanting to put in vinyl tiles, but thought I was being silly. Lying in bed last night I realised that I need to use vinyl for the loft flooring! The current flooring is porous fiberboard. Even though there is no longer any leaking there, there is enough condensation to get into the flooring and cause mildew. The ideal thing would be to complete spray down the existing floor with a mildew-fighting agent, apply peel ‘n stick tiles, and then caulk all the edges to make them water tight. Great, I have a plan, let’s get going!

The Home Hardware in Oliver is closing, so I went up there to see what they might have for the final touches of the reno projects. I got a few things at ridiculously low prices (like a large tube of No More Nails for $6), but they didn’t have any flooring materials left. No problem, I’d just hit the Home Hardware in Osoyoos on the way home. I struck out there, too!

Home Depot has what I want, but it’s available in store only. I’d feel rather silly going down to Omak for a $15 box of peel ‘n stick tiles, but that Home Depot is much closer than the one in Kelowna! So, next question: are there any flooring people in Penticton? In some ways, I feel as isolated in Osoyoos as I did in Dawson.