Posted by jsexton – November 1, 2006 8:04 PM
While the floor guys were laying down the new floor, they shared a concern. The lead guy said, "You know, we recommend that you don't sand and polyurethane until all the other work is done -- the cabinet installation, the electrical work, etc."
They were worried that the nice new floor would get scratched up. Me too! As you may have noticed, I'm very excited about getting new wood floors and I want them to start life looking pristine.
Aaron told the floor guys, and Gretchen, that they did construction on top of new floors all the time and not to worry. Well, I was still concerned. So I talked with Angelique and Aaron about it. The result is they put down drop cloths on the floors, and then put particle board on top of it. Now I'm happy. At least for the moment.
The cabinets are being installed now -- and in the process they are exposing a lot of the floor. Again, I'm worried about scratching and denting. Well, my man Aaron now says when all the work is done, they will buff the floor and give it one more coat of polyurethane. Gotta love that guy!
New floor covered by drop cloths and particle board below. You'll see some of the
floor peeking out on the left.
Life goes on. Halloween evening -- bellies full of candy. That's me as a ghost buster,
Mackenzie as Sherlock Holmes and Maggie as a fairy.
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Looking Good... I've been able to get a quick look into the front windows from the road as I leave early in the morning... I'm seeing lots of progress! The Neighbor ... I haven't even noticed the dust cloud hanging over our corner of the neighborhood.
Posted by Dennis – November 1, 2006 11:07 PM
Re:Covering the floor
Good idea if you can just stick to it! We just went through the same thing but DIY for 14 months. We just had to take up the covering after most of the heavy construction was done to luxuriate in the beautiful wood floor after years of putting up with ancient shredded lino in our 90 year old house. We didn't take into consideration chunks of stray plaster and dropped tools etc., plus dogs, so the floor isn't looking so new anymore. We try to remember the Wabi Sabe principal of the flaws only making everything more beautiful.
Best of luck! Sally
Posted by Sally – November 2, 2006 1:31 PM
OK I'm back... It'been a couple of weeks, the hubby took some time off to go pheasant hunting and the painter we had lined up to do our painting, well let's say he turned out to be a bit too high maintenance and so I defaulted to the hispanic fellow that I've known for years that is less high maintenance but sometimes disappears, depending on who is looking for him. He knows his stuff and if he gets the job complete before he goes into hiding, well lucky me!!! The paint so far looks great, but it was pointed out to me that the exterior walls most like;ly aren't insulated and so the paint job will not last as long as it might if the walls were insulated, so there's another job to ook forward to. Yippee skippee!!!!Well anyhow, the paint is looking good and the next big obstacle is the kitvhen floor and I am debating bamboo versus a laminate. One is much less expensive and one is much more durable... It's a small space and I'm tempted to do the bamboo....or cork, but who has put that down? I don't know anyone who has....I need some guidance.
Posted by Martha Piercefield – November 7, 2006 8:06 PM
Bamboo is a great product. There is a new bamboo product out that is called woven twined bamboo and is twice as hard as plain bamboo.
Cork is also a beautiful floor, softer underfoot.
cork has been used in Europe for many years and is also used in commercial locations.
Posted by G – November 14, 2006 1:22 PM
We built our home 14 years ago. We put down oak wood floors on the entire first floor. Not knowing and not informed well enough we only put down 2 coats of poly. BIG mistake! I suggest 5 coats especially where the kitchen is concerned. So I was glad to read that you're getting at least another coat. That makes 4 right? At 10 years we had to re-sand and we put down 4 coats of poly. We did it ourselves...not fun. We turned our laundry room into a kitchen because luckily we have a sink in there. If I had to do it over I'd still do oak flooring but 5 coats!
You don't know it now but these will be good memories that you can look back and laugh. Thanks, Bonnie
Posted by Bonnie Kiser – November 16, 2006 9:33 AM
