We leaned some important lessons about installing new carpets this week. When you live "up north" laying carpet during the winter has some unique challenges and rewards.
The first thing we had to do to get really to prepare for this job was to dig out cabin seven's porch and to blaze a path out to the main driveway. Then we had to get the driveway plowed out to the Gunflint Trail. Of course, after getting the snow cleared it turned around and snowed Monday night. Tuesday, we started heating the cabin for the first time all winter. We were told that carpet has to be warm before it can be stretched. Heating the cabin using a contractor's propane heater created a small problem with water condensing on the fireplace stones and window panes. However, the new carpet is installed and looks great.
A large roll of new carpet for some additional cabins was suppose to have been delivered last week. The trucking firm that was paid to deliver the carpet roll to the Gunflint Trail managed to get the carpet to Duluth then announced that it wouldn't delivery it any farther north. Snow storms, icy roads and our remote location are all being used as excuses for not making the delivery. The roll of material is to large carry in a van without doing multiple trips to Duluth. We hope to be laying some more carpet soon but may have to dig out and restart the insurance on the transport van in order to haul the carpet our self.
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