May need a crain jamb saw. You tearing out the old floor and the new floor won't slide under?
Well, is it glue down hardwood? Best place to check is by starting in a closet. If they glued it down, that will be pretty labor intensive. Hopefully its just staples. If you get started and are having an impossible time, I can refer you to a place that rents a machine that will tear the gluedown wood out for you. I'll have to double check, but I believe it is United Rentals where we rent ours. It's about $2-300/day, but it will be worth it in the long run, especially if you're paying someone to help you.
Yes. My present home was built in 1960. It had the older, hefty solid white oak floors throughout excepting the bathrooms which are tiled. At some point, a previous owner remodeled. Sections of flooring were replaced with linoleum (no accounting for taste). Then there was a limited fire. Two bedrooms were rebuilt from the sub flooring up. Carpet was installed in these, the family room, and the central hallway. Vinyl flooring was put down in the kitchen and mud room. The formal living room, dining room, and two bedrooms (including the master) still have the original hardwood floors. Eleven years ago, we refinished these with a walnut stain that hid blemishes and stains which wouldn't bleach out. We looked into acquiring matching flooring to restore the rooms that used to have hardwood floors, but this option proved too expensive for our budget. We replaced the carpet instead. The continuity of the flooring in the resulting floor plan proves your assertion.
Didn’t know it was becoming rare as its still on the shelves at HD? I think the older stuff has a more appealing patena myself. I picked up several red and white oak logs and has them sawn, air dried, then milled locally. Random width from 5”-11”. Only cost $0.60 per sq ft but the logs were free. We were really pleased with the results as it was my first install and sand job.
NiceI built a kiln with a solar powered fan. We were building a house and we had to take down a nice white oak. I had a portable saw mill come out and we made mantels and boards I'm going to use to make a kitchen table. I needed a way to quickly dry the wood. This kiln dried out the mantels in about 3 to 4 months and reaches a max temperature of 160 degrees. I'm now putting firewood in it
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Finished kitchen island - sort of a countertop height farmhouse table of sorts. Was planning to paint the turnbuckle black but when I started cleaning it up the Mrs liked the shine of the galvanized? If we decide we don’t like it then we can easily paint it later. It’s going on a natural oak wood floor so we chose a darker stain on the white oak base. The cabinets are an ebony stained maple that are much darker.
