Install wood floor

It took longer than we thought and it was a lot of work, but I am very glad that I was able to put in a new floor with the help of my parents. My Dad put in a lot of hours and a lot of attention to detail. It helped that he had done it before.
I love it and the house feels so much nicer, brighter and open. It’s a big project and a pain, but it gives you a great sense of achievement when you do work on your own house.

Just about to begin day three of working to Install wood floor in the house. With the assistance of Dad and Mom we’ve been moving along and have about 2/5ths of the area to be covered done. The challenge today is working around the edges and the stairway. It’s neat to see the floor come together like this and I can’t wait until it’s done.

Getting the wood to the house was a bit more complicated than I originally thought. But I rented a cargo van today and picked it up and stacked it in the house to sit for a few days. Tomorrow I’m buying a table saw for some cutting and next week I have to rent the staple gun to nail the floor down. It’s going to be fun.

We’ve been sick and tired of the off-white carpet that runs through most of our house and a few weeks ago we finally bit the bullet and I pulled up the carpet and we bought the wood for a wood floor. The next step is to get the wood here and install it. My Dad is coming down to help me and it should be an interesting project and will make the house so much nicer.