new floor

my new floor - descriptions to follow

After chipping up the broken, paint splattered tile this is what we were left with.  The beige stuff is spackling to help repair the uneven and damaged pressboard underneath.

A higher end under layer for the new floor.  It has stryofoam balls underneath to aid in air flow, resist moisture, dampen sound and make a floating floor more stable.

the new floor boards

Starting to lay the under layer


under layer done



starting with the floor boards.  The scrap boards are placed against the baseboards to help even out the bowing and uneven walls.

the floor is down - yay




the excess under layer has been cut and we're starting to add to the baseboards

We didn't remove the original baseboards when we pulled up the carpet.  Instead of nails or even screws the boards were attached with glue or caulking!  Pulling those off causes major damage to the sheetrock so we added a bit more to the baseboards to hold the floor in place



Ta Da



I've pulled most of the decorations/photos etc off the walls.  We've put the dressers up on cement blocks to help my back and shifted furniture around so my art/photos/etc needed to be moved around as well

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