Flooring Project #3: Kitchen & Utility
May. 12th, 2007 05:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
walbournThe floating hardwood floor was over a much larger area, but the prep work for doing the vinyl flooring is a bitch compared to pulling out carpet, carpet pad, and carpet tacks. I have to pry up about 250 crappy vinyl tiles, then use an adhesive remover to clean up the subfloor, remove all the moulding, and disassemble the door jam and counter-top kick boards to really do all the prep work correctly before putting down the new floor. At least I'm comfortable with taking apart a door jam that I built in the first place--the old one was breaking apart, and the new fridge wouldn't fit through until it was ripped out--and I already practiced my technique on the much smaller 30 sq ft of bathroom floor.
The flooring install itself should be reasonably straight-forward, although managing the seams and working with 12' rolls is finicky. Good thing I didn't try to take this on before the housewarming, and that I can afford to eat out while my kitchen is basically unusable.
At least I can do the kitchen and wait on the utility, which frankly I have to do since the fridge, stove, and some other kitchen stuff has to be somewhere while I work. I'll also need somewhere to shift the washer/dryer into later.
The good news is that it should really improve the look of the kitchen despite having older slightly stained cabinetry and countertops, and it should be perfectly serviceable for a few years until I have the finances and gumption to take on Todd's more elaborate renovation plans.
The flooring install itself should be reasonably straight-forward, although managing the seams and working with 12' rolls is finicky. Good thing I didn't try to take this on before the housewarming, and that I can afford to eat out while my kitchen is basically unusable.
At least I can do the kitchen and wait on the utility, which frankly I have to do since the fridge, stove, and some other kitchen stuff has to be somewhere while I work. I'll also need somewhere to shift the washer/dryer into later.
The good news is that it should really improve the look of the kitchen despite having older slightly stained cabinetry and countertops, and it should be perfectly serviceable for a few years until I have the finances and gumption to take on Todd's more elaborate renovation plans.
