The floors are done. Finally. I started sanding the floors three weeks ago today and thought I would be able to finish in one week. We did actually finish almost all the sanding in one week, but applying the three coats of polyurethane and sanding between took some time – especially because I am now…
Category: Floors
Adventures in floor finishing – Days 5, 6, 7 and… I’ve lost count
So much has happened since our last post that I had to go back and reread it just to figure out where I left off. On the 5th day of sanding we were finally done with the drum sander and edger, finishing up with the 80 grit. On day 6, the Saturday of my last…
Roller Coaster Adventures in Floor Sanding – Days 2, 3, and 4
Day 2 A long time ago when I was researching everything about refinishing floors I found something online that calculated how long it would take to do the project. Turns out that 2000 sq. ft. is supposed to take 105 hours. I remember thinking, “Whoah! That’s a lot. How could it possibly take that long?” …
Adventures in Floor Sanding – Day 1
Sanding and refinishing the floors was a job that had been looming at the very end of the first stage of our home renovation. It marks the end of major mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and structural jobs and also acts as a bridge to the next stage of our project. I woke up this morning relatively…
Plaster repaired, walls primed, floors are prepped… and one more treasure!
We are now at T minus 5 weeks before the big move-in deadline. The 10-12 hour days have continued, although we did sneek in a three-day trip to Michigan with the kiddos this week. I consider that the calm before the storm. Or maybe it would really be considered the eye of the hurricane. Either…
Prepping the floors, priming the walls, and cooling the air.
While Joe has been busy continuing window reglazing, door restoration, and plaster repair, I have been chipping away at the floors….literally. I talked a lot about the mastic tar and horse hoof glue removal process in this blog post when I was about half way through the job. Now that job is officially finished and…
Pressing the Rewind Button
Over the last 100 years the waves of what’s hot and what’s not in home decor usually leaves many layers of work to be subsequently undone in future home renovations. Each decade brings a new layer (literally) to the story with floors and walls acting like layers of sediment that reveal the past. We are…
Making new floors from old floors
Week 41 – Joe The original floors of our fixer upper still exist and are in surprisingly good condition on the 1st level of the house. We are planning on sanding and finishing all the hardwood floors in the house… which is ALL the flooring in the house. These 100 year old 5″ pinewood floors…
Under New Management 