Remember my picture of flooring materials a couple weeks back?
Well, now they have been assembled. We got it all installed before the big freeze. Maybe it is not perfectly level, but will we really notice?
Remember my picture of flooring materials a couple weeks back?
Well, now they have been assembled. We got it all installed before the big freeze. Maybe it is not perfectly level, but will we really notice?
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Only when liquids are involved, as in a kitchen or bathroom. We live in an old house and nothing is plumb, level or square. The dining room is also the homework and art room, and pens and pencils are always on the floor. They roll off the table as soon as your back is turned, because the floor isn’t level.
Nice shot of the cat!
The lighting in this photo does a great job of highlighting your new floor. Realy nicely done.
So is the floor finished? Or will you be sanding it and sealing it?
It’s hard to tell in the photo.
It’s actually just the subfloor. It’s pieces of tongue-and-groove plywood. But they do look pretty good, don’t they. You could get by with just this.
If I were going to do that I probably would want to have put in the screws in a straighter line. Also I didn’t show you the places where I had to cut the 4×8 sheets. Some of my cuts are less than straight.
However we plan to put something over it. We haven’t decided for sure what, and we have some sheetrock work to do inside first.
I’ve been thinking about your bamboo question (relating to cat vomit) and have decided to issue a caveat. If you go with light-colored bamboo as we did, it shows every spot, every muddy footprint, and every leaf tracked in. It cleans up very easily but I have to sweep or vacumn every day. I don’t usually wear shoes inside the house but if you are building and indoor/outdoor kind of room where you’re in and out a lot with animals following then you might want to consider another floor surface. However, bamboo comes in lots of colors and a darker color might work for you. Our problem comes from the color, which shows everything, not the material.
That pointed, inquisitive ear within the window shape looks kind of gothic, doesn’t it? Good luck with choosing your floor - didn’t you say this room will be used for sewing? So whatever surface you choose needs to be smooth enough to clear off the pins & needles & tiny bits of thread, as well as the cat vomit! I used to sew in a carpeted dining room, and the pins would fall head down, nicely wedged in the nap, waiting for the next unsuspecting bare foot. The pergo-type floor in this dining room is much safer, but colder.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Oh go with A Laminate! SO easy to care for. I just use a dust mop and endust and Voila! clean floor, and for the muddy footprints from the dog, I just wipe it up with plain water! so NICE
I personally love authentic old pine floors, but they aren’t very practical.
Very cool shot of Miss Kitty!
Nice to have that part of the job out of the way. And it seems perfectly acceptable to that gorgeous cat. : )
I like pine floors too CP. However good pine is not the least expensive wood anymore it turns out. A few years back when I was shopping for kitchen cabinets I looked at pine, but that option turned out to be more costly than oak.
If you want a smooth floor and like being on the eco/green side of things, you might consider Marmoleum, a modern take on TRADITION linoleum (not that vinyl offgassing toxic to inhale when burned stuff they call lino nowadays.)
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Cavaet: I don’t know what the costs of this material run, so it might not be a viable solution for you.
Good luck with your decision making!
Marmoleum is really spendy!!! more so than Bamboo!