The kitchen and dining rooms had a wonderful array of floor coverings. Upon inspecting underneath the house, the kitchen had the original Hoop pine floor and the dining room had a hardwood floor that would have originally been a sun room. Of course these were covered. Removing all of the covers noticing the trends over the years.
In the kitchen the cork was put on a masonite and stapled to the boards. Once we lifter the masonite there was the original lino with Japan oil stain around the edges. The old boards were absolutely beautiful. They were still white and had probably not seen light in 100 years.
Prepped waiting for sanding
The dining room had concrete and tiles on it and the kitchen had a cork floor! These had to go as the first job in the renovation.
Floors coming up with a jackhammer. I had to engage a builder as there is no way I could have done this myself. Once the floor in the dining room came up the Builder noticed the rear of the house had sunk on its stump and bearer. This meant re engineering the support post to get the floor level again.
Big $$$. This project budget has just blown out about 5 thousand dollars. Once the floor bearers were leveled it was time to lift the hardwood floor.
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