The first step was mixing up the boxes of planks, so that any slight differences in the stains from different batches of flooring won't be noticeable.
Then we made sure to leave a little space at the edge, and got to work laying everything out- being careful not to have the seams lining up.
We used pieces of the base molding to be sure that the space left for expansion of the wood would be covered.
The first row of flooring had to be nailed with the nail gun (which we borrowed from Mike's brother). We made sure that the nails will be covered by the base molding too.
For the rest of the floor, we used the flooring nailer that we rented from Home Depot.
It took the whole day and it all went pretty smoothly with the execption of the last row- those boards needed to be cut lengthwise about half an inch, so that took a little longer.
The trickiest part was getting the boards under the radiator. We basically put those three boards together as a unit and as Mike lifted the radiator, I slid them under. They aren't all nailed individually, but between the weight of the radiator, and the nails in the last row of boards (which will fall under the molding) it should hold in place. We still have a random scrap board under there (on top of the flooring), which will be replaced with a piece of marble.
So, now the flooring is complete!
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| From the doorway |
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| Reverse from corner of room |
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| Reverse from opposite corner |
We're working on the base molding, and now the doorway molding can be completed. Getting closer!
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