First we moved out all of the furniture. This is where the couch was. I promise, I clean out from under my couch, I just have too many kids who put things under the couch as a way to "clean up".
Next we removed all of the carpet and pad. We cut the carpet out in small pieces to make it easy to take to the dump. We removed the carpet and pad, put it in the back of the van, and drove it to the dump. I saved a few remnants for the garage.
Once the carpet was removed we got to see the condition of our slab foundation. There was this large red spot. I joked that someone was killed there during construction. John didn't like the joke and told the kids someone spilt fruit punch. Really, we have no idea, but it did look gross.
We stacked all of our furniture neatly in the kitchen. You can tell we have moved a lot because John didn;t have to think twice about how to stack a room full of furniture in a very small area.
We cleaned the cement and filled in the cracks before putting in the foam underlaying.
John is filling in the holes made by the carpet nail strips.
Putting in the underlaying was trickier then we expected. It bubbled and moved too easily. When we started laying the floor, we had to be careful to offset all of the seams in the boards like bricks. We had to put things in for spacers or the entire floor would move as we pounded together more boards.
We set the table saw up in the garage and good thing too. I couldn't believe how much saw dust a few cuts make.
Some parts around corners and such were tricky. We had to make patterns and trace them on the boards before cutting.
We ran short by about a box of wood. So we will buy a couple more boxes tomorrow and finish the project. I did not realize there would be so much waste from fitting the pieces in so the seams were not next to each other. Next time, I will know better and buy enough wood to begin with. We will finish laying tomorrow and trimming on Tuesday. I look forward to getting my kitchen back from our furniture and not having to fret when something spills. I think the floor looks good and I am so glad to get rid of the carpeting on our main floor.
4 comments:
Looks great! I have been thinking of doing the same thing- now I think we just might.
I'm glad you got your floor! That's great, a lot has gone on since I last read your blog-- lots of good things!
It looks great! Can't wait to see it done!
Wow, that is quite the project; I am impressed. I wish we had wood floors because it would help with my allergies. I remember having our carpet cleaned years ago and was so surprised to see so many things under the couch.
Blessings!
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