Yesterday’s post left off with all of our stuff piled to the ceilings and us stashed away at my parents’ house while our floors are being refinished {and new wood floors are installed in my office!}.
Before they could install the new floors in my office, the floor guys had to chip up the old subfloor – just like the rest of our house, the subfloor in the office was made out of particle board which is a big no-no for hardwood floors since it will disintegrate if it gets wet. Looks fun, right?
Once the new subfloor was in, the new hardwoods could be installed!
Actually, they aren’t new wood floors in my office at all – we actually decided to go with reclaimed wood floors for a few reasons: (1) they’re about $1 a foot cheaper than new wood, (2) we liked the thought of having floors with a bit of history and saving them from the ol’ garbage pile, and (3) they’re actually higher quality than new wood floors because they’re from back in the day when floors were made of nicer grade of wood. Worked for us!
After the floors were in everything got sealed off with sheets of plastic – sanding is a dusty business, even though our floor guys were using a “dust-free” system where the majority of the dust is sucked into a vacuum cleaner as the floors are sanded.
I think the sanding is my favorite part – the floors went from looking a little sad and damaged to looking brand-spanking new! This photo kind of gives you an idea of the transformation the sanding is having on our floors:
Have you guys had any drama with your hardwood floors? I love’em, but my fingers are crossed that this is the only issue we ever have with them. The floor saga will continue tomorrow, so stay tuned!
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