17DEC2011 my husband heads over to the house about 8AM and I get there about 11AM to bring him lunch (that his momma made for us! So lucky!) Today we went to Lowes again to get the stuff to clean the glue off of the areas we ripped up the linoleum. Hubby plans on fixing the cracks in the foundation with hydraulic cement (because it is waterproof) and then laying the tile over the linoleum since it is stuck pretty good to the concrete.
I got all the baseboards off the upstairs area off and he got the ones downstairs. We also (I say we but mostly I just watched and held the cabinets so they wouldn't fall) got the cabinets out of the kitchen.
The plan for the kitchen is to use plywood for the floors. You purchase the plywood, sand it, cut it into 3 different lengths (like hardwood strips), lay it, stain it and then seal it. It looks JUST like hardwood and the lady at Lowes said it is MORE durable than today’s hardwood floor! She said back in "grandma and Grandpas days, they used 50+ year old trees as where today they use 15 - 25 year old trees. So I will make sure to take photos of our plywood floors and let you all know how that turns out! It equals to ONE DOLLAR A SQUARE FOOT!
I know it sounds like we had a slow day to day but it sure doesn't feel like it! It took a while to get the linoleum off the floors because it was stuck so good to the concrete. Hubby had to go and get a heat gun to get it up! We also sat down and made a list of a FEW of the things that need to be done to the home. (Laying tile, painting, moving the light switches up so the chair rail doesn't run into the middle of them! Purchase, sand, cut, stain and seal the plywood. Totally redo the stairs. Cabinets and basically ALL appliances in kitchen. Seal off the duct work that is in the bedroom closets! WOW! Find out why the heating/air unit does not work. And a few other things.
Tomorrow (Sunday) I will be going out of town. Monday it will be me, my hubby AND my son all working on the house. THIS SHOULD BE FUN! I will keep ya posted!
I got all the baseboards off the upstairs area off and he got the ones downstairs. We also (I say we but mostly I just watched and held the cabinets so they wouldn't fall) got the cabinets out of the kitchen.
The plan for the kitchen is to use plywood for the floors. You purchase the plywood, sand it, cut it into 3 different lengths (like hardwood strips), lay it, stain it and then seal it. It looks JUST like hardwood and the lady at Lowes said it is MORE durable than today’s hardwood floor! She said back in "grandma and Grandpas days, they used 50+ year old trees as where today they use 15 - 25 year old trees. So I will make sure to take photos of our plywood floors and let you all know how that turns out! It equals to ONE DOLLAR A SQUARE FOOT!
I know it sounds like we had a slow day to day but it sure doesn't feel like it! It took a while to get the linoleum off the floors because it was stuck so good to the concrete. Hubby had to go and get a heat gun to get it up! We also sat down and made a list of a FEW of the things that need to be done to the home. (Laying tile, painting, moving the light switches up so the chair rail doesn't run into the middle of them! Purchase, sand, cut, stain and seal the plywood. Totally redo the stairs. Cabinets and basically ALL appliances in kitchen. Seal off the duct work that is in the bedroom closets! WOW! Find out why the heating/air unit does not work. And a few other things.
Tomorrow (Sunday) I will be going out of town. Monday it will be me, my hubby AND my son all working on the house. THIS SHOULD BE FUN! I will keep ya posted!
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