Started last summer, we opened up kitchen & dining room and beamed a wall. In the fall we did 16 double hung new construction windows. Even though I paid for install and finish work, I took on the staining and poly which took about 50 hours total!
Summer was busy with pool and deck build. Deck will be in the other thread. Gently working my way around kitchen tile. Hope to replace the diagonals that were previously under baseboard heat with nice clean cuts and straight line (not exactly my strong suit.) Ripped out carpets and junk floors and particle board. Found out we only have 1/2" subfloor, so yesterday we built that up by gluing & screwing another layer on top. Much better now.
And here's where we are now. In January I also painted the entire downstairs, including ceilings, as well as upstairs bathroom and hallway. I'll have to address the oopses from ripping out flooring
Chose Somerset pre-finished 3-1/4 white oak. Never floored so going to get help from a pro and see where I get when he sets me free. Last 2 windows (bay & casement) are also ready for install. Since I pay for someone to do those it's not as fun, but I'm no finish carpenter!
Got about 9 boxes put down working a couple days after the paying job. Contractor got me started and gave me some tips and then set this newbie free.
We are too! We did upstairs and staircase before we moved in 12 years ago. Instead of doing downstairs too at the time, we were conservative with cash. Looking back, we should have done everything at once. Such a pain while living there, not to mention two kids in the mix now as well. Back in the day I could work until I couldn't see any more, now its no noise past 8pm - kid's ordinance. So by my estimation - about 450 sq ft to go.
Been ther, done that on an occupied renovation. We are taking on another one, but not to the extent of our first place.
Looks a lot better with that wall opened up. I too am a fan of wood floors - and it looks like you are doing a fine job of it.
I see someone's been busy. I can fully relate. Your work really is paying off though. Keep at it, eventually you'll be done. Then you can work on the next project
Hi - We have 1/2” plywood subfloors also. It is ok for the rooms with the hardwood flooring on top, but the bathroom and kitchen suffered from it. In the kitchen we added more sub flooring and then installed 3/4” hardwood. In the bathroom we added more sub flooring and then cement board before the tiling! No more cracked tiles because no more flexing of the flooring!!! Pic 1 - Kitchen floor Pic 2 - bathroom floor
Closets are all that is left besides some clean up work. My daughter is 9 and she kicked some butt today. She works better than most 39 yr olds I know. I had her racking the floor and then measuring and cutting end cuts on miter. She laid a course as well.
Looks very nice cnice_37 . You are blessed that your daughter shows an interest and helps. Memories and a bond that will last a lifetime.
Grand total of about 650 sq ft, ended up around 40 hours of work which is pretty slow but I'm a rookie. Some cleanup to do and goal is to get my tile done tomorrow.
Looks great! Did you have to cut the bottom of the doors to put the wood floor in? Also did you raise up the baseboard heat? If there is not at least a two inch space at the bottom to let the air in, then the baseboard will be very inefficient. I found that out the hard way when I moved in and it took almost an hour for the bedroom to warm up in the winter because there was wall to wall carpet was installed and tucked under the baseboard. So I cut the nails off the back with a sawzall and then raised it up a couple inches. The bedroom warms up in 15 minutes!! That saved a lot of oil over the years! When we did the bathroom floor above we added cement board and additional plywood to the 1/2” subfloor so we tore out the baseboard and installed a new one on top to keep the 2 inch gap see pics below:
