Comments on: Salvaging hardwood floors, other progress on the house

By: Tucson Carpet

Tucson Carpet — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:34:26 +0000

You did an amazing job at saving the old flooring. I’d like to see some pictures of the finished job. Thanks for sharing your experiences, I hope other DIY’s will see this Great blog! Feel free to visit me

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:45:36 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Jacki. Yes, we very carefully pulled up all the flooring from the entryway. This was just barely enough to cover our addition.

By: Jacki

Jacki — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:24:18 +0000

Maybe I missed it, but did you try to re-use the old wood flooring? We are renovating our 1922 4-square and have a good bit of old heart pine that we just loved, but it is not enough to fill the new space we need it for. I’m not sure it makes sense to pull it up, donate it, and then buy someone else’s reclaimed wood! Thanks for any thoughts, Jacki

By: hardwood floor expert

hardwood floor expert — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:17:01 +0000

wow, what a job that was, At least you did it the right way and took your time. nicely done!

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 18:25:03 +0000

Thanks for stopping by, Wood Sub Floor Guy! I wish I had read some of your suggestions about the subfloor preparation before we did our work. We didn't put any vapor barrier between the subfloor and the Hardiebacker. A few rolls of 30# felt would probably keep the floor (and house!) a bit warmer. But hopefully once we are able to insulate under the old floor this will not be so much of an issue.

By: Wood Sub Floor Guy

Wood Sub Floor Guy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:13:03 +0000

Good job on salvaging the old flooring. Your contractor was exactly right, you would never match the old patina with a new floor.

Wiht the work you did stiffening up the old sub floor and installing the backer board, you should not have any problems with your tile.

Congratulations, most do-it-yourselfers don't take the ime to do it right.