Floor Galore
Posted by Thor Thursday Aug 21, 2008Our most dramatic change to date has been the floors. In the first minutes of owning the house we immediately turned to ripping up the nasty carpeting from the sixties. What we uncovered was a mess or red oak floors. The previous owners had applied several different stains, from light gold to dark red. The floor had about a dozen places badly damaged areas. Our floor guy suspected the damage was caused by a overly competitive pets urinating around the house.
The fortunate thing about uncovering something disastrous in a remodeling is that if it can be fixed easily, it can have a dramatic impact and greatly improve the value of a home. Step in our floor guy, Jerry. Over our six day vacation, Jerry worked wonders, repairing the pet markings, filling in where we had taken out the living room-dining room divider, and refinishing all of the living space.
The back bedroom wasn’t carpet and instead had a faux wood grain lament sheeting that was ugly and in horrible condition. I couldn’t imagine anyone ever thinking that this would have looked good. But the glue was no match for Jerry’s sander and “16″ grade sand paper. Jerry also gave us the heads up that under the kitchen linoleum was a pretty good maple floor.
The whole 600 sq ft refinishing and repair cost about $2K and is worth so much more, improving the appearance and character of the house and is probably less than the tiling of the kitchen would cost.
