The Flooring Project -- August 2020

Downstairs, the floors needed to be replaced.  

Moisture had buckled the old wood. 

Back Room -- careful, you could trip on those uneven boards!

Front Room -- those floorboards need to be replaced!

Upstairs, the painted floors needed to be sanded

The smallest bedroom (soon to be a bathroom)

The back bedroom.  

The front bedroom

The upstairs hallway

Downstairs -- Step 1:  Remove the old floorboards

Front Room -- exposing the joists underneath

Front Room -- can you see down into the basement?  Be careful!

Front Room -- the beams underneath

Upstairs -- Step 1:  Sand the paint off the floors

The back bedroom -- that paint is stubborn!

The back bedroom -- looks better already!

The smallest bedroom (future bathroom) -- time to sweep up the sawdust.

The smallest bedroom-- what a mess.

The front bedroom -- Clyde wonders what color to stain these sanded floors

The front bedroom -- sanded floors look nice!  

The upstairs hallway -- lots of machinery to take off that paint

Downstairs -- Step 2:  lay down the new plywood and put floorboards on top.

The back room -- plywood installed.  Ready for new floorboards

The front room -- plywood installed.  Ready for new floorboards.

Back Room -- plywood

Back Room -- floorboards are being installed

Back Room -- taking a break. 

Front Room -- new floorboards installed.  Time for sanding.

 Upstairs -- Step 2:  staining the sanded floors

Upstairs Front Bedroom -- stained, the first coat

Downstairs -- Step 3  Staining and Varnishing

Front Room.  Stained with the first coat

Back Room -- Stained with the first coat

Back Room -- the varnish is still wet.  Don't walk on it yet!

Front Room -- varnish is going down.  

Upstairs -- Step 3: Varnish

Upstairs hallway and back bedroom.  Varnish looks nice!