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t walgamuth · #16 11-06-2006, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by pwogaman

I just did my kitchen floor. Took up the stick on tiles to find another layer of stick on tiles. Beneath that was tar like paper. Beneath that was 3/4 inch particle board. It was badly swollen under the dishwasher and sink areas. I ended up pulling the particle board throughout the entire kitchen down to the subflooring.

Because the subflooring squeaked badly I spent the extra time running two to three deck screws into each subfloor board where it diagonally crossed each joist. No more squeaking. I then laid 3/4 flooring plywood and drove deck screws about every 6 inches along the joist lines. Then laid #15 felt paper.

I finished up with 3/4" x 2 1//4" prefinished Brazilian Cherry hardwood.

No more squeaks and looks great.

I suggest taking the time to get everything out of there you don't want or need and make it right.

i agree with this too. take the time to get all the stuff out that you arent using. every time i have skipped this step i have regretted it later.

tom w

t walgamuth · #17 11-06-2006, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by cscmc1

My house is late 1800's, though it's been fiddled with several times since then (additions and renovations). So far, I have exposed perhaps 15% of the wood floor, all of which looks to be intact, but it's all covered in that tar-like mess. I just want to get it paintable, so the wood itself needn't be perfect.

The kitchen shares a wall with a bathroom, which was added sometime in the 60's, I'd guess. It will be interesting to see what the floor is like in the bathroom when we get to redoing it! Maybe it's the same pine; hard to say.

This house is full of surprises. When I pulled out the in-wall bookcase to refinish parts of it, we found a small cavity behind it, next to the chimney. The original plumbing for an upstairs bathroom still hung from above in the cavity -- someone just cut the supply AND return lines and left them in there! I also found several old letters from the early teens and an old breast pump (still in its box) that had obviously fallen down in the cavity from the bathroom above at some point.

Old houses are a pain in the ass, but they sure can be interesting!

yes. doing demo is definately fun. i always feel like i am giraldo opening al capones vault. i always secretely hope for treasure, but have to satisfy myself with very interesting artifacts.

tom w

PaulC · #18 11-06-2006, 09:22 PM

In 1990, I pulled up a very stubborn 35 year-old linoleum kitchen floor from it's wood base by scraping it off with a sharpened wood chisel. Fun, but it worked.

kerry · #19 11-06-2006, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by t walgamuth

i agree with all of this except i wouldnt paint it black. cracks are ok by me.

tom w

Damn. I thought I was on the architectural cutting edge. A couple of years age we walked thru some new lofts in downtown Denver in a converted mill buidling. One had new oak floors that were painted black.
I actually have a painted green fir floor in my own kitchen and don't mind the lines too much.

By the way, I attended my nephew's wedding last weekend in Charleston. He is fresh out of architectural school and I had some very interesting conversations about architecture with his architecture school pals. The new Denver Art Museum by Liebeskind was a hot topic.