**Spoiler alert! My Vet should stop reading now.**
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You can see in my image that there will be
1 long seem, instead of staggered seams. |
I
love DIY projects. I love the
adrenaline of trying something new, I love the feeling of
accomplishment when it is finished, and mostly I love being able to
enjoy my home
without going into debt.
My Vet
hates, detests, abhors,
despises unfinished projects. He wants to walk in the door to a finished space. Even if it's
ugly, he likes it if it's done. So when My Vet goes on guy weekends, I get to
work. The project I've been planning next is a
big one, requiring 2 weekends to complete. This past weekend he went salmon fishing and I got started on phase 1.
I
pulled back the carpet exposing the
original hardwood floors. Some areas in the original flooring had been
ripped out and
replaced by
cheapo pine one by's. I removed the old boards, and cleaned out the caulk installed by a
previous owner. I then cut my replacement tongue and groove flooring boards to size with a compound miter saw. Originally, I was going to try to
feather it in, but decided that since the area would be mostly
covered by furniture, I wasn't going to get in over my head, and left it at a patch job. I am
hoping that it is less obvious
after sanding and sealing at a
future date.
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Giant, super scary, tank of death. |
After
cutting all the pieces to size, and
dry fitting them. I
rented a floor nailer for a few
hours to finish the job. Thankfully, I have
seen them used
on TV. I was
confident in my ability to handle it,
until I brought it home and opened the case. I wasn't thinking clearly, and
hadn't counted on it needing an
air compressor to operate. Have I ever mentioned how
super scary I think air compressors are? They are
giant tanks of pressurized air just waiting to
explode and
fatally wound me. A floor nailer is a serious tool, and can't be run on the
slightly less scary smaller compressor, it needed the
big dog to operate correctly. **gulp**
Of course the hose wasn't long enough to reach from it's storage spot in the garage to the living room, so I had to
move it outside. Being careful to keep it in the shade, as I
vaguely remember hearing that
direct sunlight could
increase pressure in the tank
and kill me. Since I am a girl, I sat down
with the instructions to familiarize myself
before proceeding. It took me about
1 hour to nail in all those small pieces. I then
cleaned up my tools,
carefully wheeling the
tank of death back into the garage. Laid the padding and carpet back down, vacuumed and moved the furniture back into place.
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View of a different patch area. |
My Vet returned home the next day, and still is blissfully unaware of the
chaos he is living
amidst. (Until
now that is. Darn my need to blog) For those of you keeping
tabs. I consider this flooring project as
part of the fireplace project. The
new hearth on the fireplace requires attention to the
flooring in that area. This project will
eliminate that phase of the fireplace completion. I
really need to get to the drywall portion of it though.
Do I have
any volunteers?
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