I must say, though, my knees, feet and hips sure were sore yesterday from all the stair climbing and lugging 30 pound boxes of flooring!
Monday, September 21, 2009
Step 2: Lay New Flooring
Once all the old carpet was removed we started laying the foam underlay and then the new laminate flooring. It's a bit different in design from traditional laminate, in that it's narrower boards (only about 3") and there's actual grooves between the boards when they're installed. It actually really looks like wood floor, which is what I wanted. I hate how cheap traditional laminate looks and the tap-tap sound it makes when you walk across it so when we found this stuff I jumped on it. Saturday night we were up until midnight, running up the basement stairs and out to the garage to cut each piece but by the time we headed to bed, there were only 9 rows left. In the end, the whole job took about 12 hours for 2 of us. It was a lot harder than I thought it would be since it's basically double the work because the boards are narrower but the impact far outweighs the amount of work.
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5 comments:
1. I can't believe you are 6 months pregnant already! Holy cow!
2. You are crazy lugging flooring all over the place...I hope you aren't feeling it too bad today!
3. The floor looks great. Good job!
Wow, way to make a girl feel bad/be jealous.
I don't have the spacial abilities to do flooring (you are staggering the seams, right?) so it's been left up to Kevin. Who, until relatively recently was too afraid of a table saw to purchase and use one. And, of course, you know that our floor isn't done yet.
And those boxes are DAMN heavy. I can barely lift them now, and there's no way I could have when pregnant.
Please come over and floor my monkey room?
I wouldn't say it takes special abilities, Ashley. Just determination. :) Kevin's afraid of a saw? Hehe. Even Shaun used the saw that last morning and helped me cut a dozen pieces. Tell that to Kevin and see if it helps him grow some walnuts. ;)
And yes, the boxes are incredibly heavy. We guess they're around 30 pounds but they're so long and awkward it feels like much more. If you pay for a flight I'll come and floor your monkey room. :)
You let Shaun use a table saw?!?!
It was a mitre saw, but yes, we let him use it. I kneeled behind him and lined up the pieces but he pulled the trigger and chopped the pieces all on his own. He was afraid of the noise at first but once he saw Craig and I using it it got more curious so when I offered for him to help me he was more than willing. Start him young so the next project I don't have to lift a finger! :)
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