Steven's Laminate Flooring - Part II

Well, we took some time off but are now back in the swing of things. This project took place on June 11. We revisited Steven's house to make some more progress on the floors, and then we worked on Dave's patio some more.

The night before, Kelsi paints the baseboard trim pieces.


When the crew arrives, we move all of the living room furniture to one side of the room. There is only enough flooring left to do about half the room anyway, so no need to clear it completely.


Steven removes the carpet from the living room...


...while Dave cuts and nails the trim for the hall and family room.




Meanwhile, Daniel puzzles over how in the world to cut the transition piece for the hall closet. He sat like this for several minutes. I wasn't sure if he was dead or not, but I decided it was best to just leave him alone - kind of like a hibernating bear. Of course, I did take his picture, which I probably wouldn't do to a hibernating bear.


Hmmm. Think, think, think.


This was by far the trickiest piece. In the end, it was cut into 3 sections. Nothing a little wood putty can't fix.


On to the hall transition piece.



Bedroom transition.


Bathroom transition.


Steven has the room cleaned up and we begin to lay the much dreaded first row of strips.


Several rows down, but it's time to go to Dave's house and work on his patio floor some more.


Here's what the floor looked like when we arrived. You can see that there is still quite a bit of haze on the tiles. Dave mixes up a batch of diluted acid for us to use.


Steven performs the obligatory 'snap-the-rubber-glove' joke. It is not funny, and everybody has already heard it, but for some reason you HAVE to do it when you put on rubber gloves.


Here's what the floor looked like after our acid trip. Much improved, but still needs work. Oh well, another day.