You may have wondered what we have been up to lately in this old house!
We have been working on the kitchen and it is time to get a bid on new flooring - but what where we up against. Here is it - 8 Layers of floor!
counting up from the bottom we have
green and white tile
underlayment
vinyl
another layer of vinyl
another layer of underlayment
another layer of vinyl
and when you get to the dining area
carpet pad
and the top carpet!
and I did not count the leftover rubber backing from the former carpet that was stuck to the underlayment in the dining area
This is the leftover rubberback from some original carpet. The white stains are the "pool traffic pattern" from the slider to the hallway. It explains why the carpet stains would not disappear - they were coming up from the bottom...well maybe.
Both layers of underlayment were stapled down - so we spent many hours pulling staples - about ten per square of tile. Nancy was a great help making sure the junk and dust was all taken out.
Pulling the staples and nails
This green and white tile is original to the house about 1953-54. We could have kept it for the color - but there were lots of holes from all the staples - and most tiles are ready to come up. We will keep them there until the new flooring is ready to be put down.
This shows the before picture of the cupboards - they are yet to be painted.
Allright! Nancy came home from running errands - Time for some OG
This shows some of the painted cupboards!
Okay - now back to pulling staples.
One fun thing we found on a corner tile was a muddy dog print. He must have been in there just prior to laying the floor!
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