Prepping for Floors

The countdown began over a week ago. There's a lot of prep work that goes into floor installation. First, you buy and deliver the floors.

My parents delivered the majority of this haul and Jeff helped with the rest. They opened a window in the dining room and just slid the boxes in rather than using the front porch steps. Next is our big to-do list that included replacing the nasty sub-floor boards.

We also needed to finish painting all the rooms that will have new flooring (this excludes the kitchen, laundry/pantry, and dining room--but the dining room has already been painted). New flooring also includes all bedroom closets and our coat closet. I've been working on that and it's a tough job. The paint stinks something awful and the closets are small, tight quarters. Ceiling fans need to be installed because this will help with comfort while the flooring goes in. My dad has done 1 1/2 fans--we're on the hunt for the parts for the the 1/2 fan. We have not turned on our A/C to keep dust and debris to a minimum.

This is the master bedroom fan and I love everything about it. Kelly and I painted the master. Twice! This is just the first coat. The back deck also needed to be either removed or some gutters or diverters needed to be installed to avoid this happening to the new floors every time it rains.

Jeff opted to remove the deck. It was rotting anyway and there are fungal issues that need to be addressed.

Now we have a rather large hole in the master leading out to the removed deck.

Kelly said this is an open invitation to critters like raccoons and gerbils. Personally, I'd love to wall that door closed. Don't care for it. Maybe I can convince Jeff one day but not now. You'll notice the floor is now black. That's tar paper. Jeff wanted this nailed down as an extra vapor barrier. I have two more closets to paint, the sunroom paint needs to be touched up, the back bedroom ceiling fan needs to be installed (once we get the parts, otherwise I have to go shopping again), and the flooring for my new closet needs to be replaced. Other than that I think we're ready for new floors, the single biggest impact of any changes made so far!!