…the plumbers are expected to trim out the house in a few days, so we have to motor and get the tile done near where they need to install the fixtures…here’s where we are at after about two and a half days into it:
Master Bathroom: 
Guest Bathroom: 
That’s right, the hardwoods are in. Well, they are about 90% done. But still they look awesome! Not bad for a subamateur (me) and a semi-pro (our friend Jim). After three and a half days hunched over a pnuematic flooring nail gun and the best tricep workout ever we have some sweet new white oak flooring in the bedrooms and the common areas.
…When in doubt, rip it out!
Given that the house is about 60 years old there are some areas of the house, specifically the kitchen, that have multiple layers of flooring material. Some prybars, a flat front shovel and some elbow grease and we’ve gotten down past laminate flooring, vinyl, particle board and plywood, and tile to get to the original hardwood flooring. The subflooring looks great, so once we remove the rest of the particle board, replace it with some high grade pressure treated materials to level out the flooring we should be good to go.
We’ve found a lot of things during the demolition – extra building materials in the walls, old newspapers in between the insulation – but this takes the cake. To cover up holes in the floor in the kitchen where old plumbing must have been located a previous owner used this tin “Bazooka” game. I’m not sure this is what Bazooka Joe had in mind when he encouraged kids to save those gum wrappers all those years ago. We’re tempted to clean it up and frame it just for nostalgic purposes!
