Flooring

It's hard to believe we are ready to put in flooring. Hardwood in the dining room, loft and stairs; carpet in all the bedrooms and living/family rooms; interlocking rubber mats in the home gym; and tile in the the kitchen, entry, utility/laundry, and bathrooms.


August 29, 2011 - Monday

Stained interior posts/beams.

Installed hardwood in dining room.

We will be using a prefinished hardwood called Acacia. It is a type of Asian Walnut. It is extremely hard and has a rich dark color. Should go great with everything else we are doing.



August 30, 2011 - Tuesday

Finished staining interior posts/beams.

Started installing Hardibacker for tile floors.



August 31, 2011 - Wednesday

Finished installing Hardibacker for tile floors.

Started installing wood floors in loft.


September 1, 2011 - Thursday

Washington Federal came down to do their monthly inspection.

Continued to install wood floors in loft and stairs. Must have been a slight miscalculation because we ran out, so we will have to order more from Lumber Liquidators.

Wood flooring is going a little slow because the wood is so hard. about every 1/15 staples doesn't quite get through the wood so it has to be pulled out and redone. It has probably increased the install time by 50%.

Not really impressed with Lumber Liquidators. I can't say I would use them again. I think you can match their pricing if you shopped around. Customer service is just, ok. They have good pricing on their wood flooring, but watch out if you need bullnose, or other edging, for stairs or exposed edges.

September 2, 2011 - Friday

Spent the morning going over tile layout.

We decided on Vallano Porcelain Tile. It has some texture to it but shouldn't be too hard to clean. We decided on three colors for the floors: 50% Dark Chocolate (VL04), 25% Caramel (VL02), and 25% Milk Chocolate (VL03). For the shower tiles we will use Macadamia (VL01), a much lighter tile.

On the floors we will have a 6" x 12" border and put the 18" x 18" center pieces at a diagnal. In the showers we will use 12" x 12" and add a couple horizontal lines of a darker 2" x 2" tile color.

We bought the tile and carpet from The Floor Brokers, (541) 673-8507. We are really impressed with them. Great customer service.


September 5, 2011 - Monday

Started tiling kitchen



September 6, 2011 - Tuesday

Continued kitchen/entry tile. Started tub/shower tile in the guest/kids bathrooms.

The Marble Center came down to measure for countertops that will be installed next Monday.



September 7, 2011 - Wednesday

Started border tile in the kitchen/entry. Continued tub/shower tile.

Kitchen Tile

Entry Tile

September 8, 2011 - Thursday

Completed floor tile in guest bath and 1/2 bath.

Had to make a change in the tile layout. It seems the tile sizes vary between colors. It was a little easier to hide it with the 18" x 18" tile but would look horrible with the 12" x 12" tile. Very disappointing for a product made in the USA!

1/2 bath tile

Guest bath tile

September 9, 2011 - Friday

Completed tile in utility/laundry room.

It was a very hot day, so we took the opportunity to make a trip to Home Depot.



September 12, 2011 - Monday

Completed tile in kids bath and master bath.



September 13, 2011 - Tuesday

Started tile in master bath shower.


September 14, 2011 - Wednesday

Finished tile in master bath shower and started working on grout.



September 15, 2011 - Thursday

Finished grout

Bruce (Rocky Road) delivered a couple loads of gravel.


September 16, 2011 - Friday

Applied sealer to tile/grout.

This completes almost all the wood and tile floors. We have a few misc things to do when we get the rest of the wood floors and a little tile after we install the base trim.

We will be getting carpet in about a month (one of the last things).


September 20, 2011 - Tuesday

Grout tile flooring.


September 21, 2011 - Wednesday

Tile caulking.


September 28, 2011 - Wednesday

Installed interlocking rubber floors in gym.

October 3, 2011 - Monday

Clean-up so The Floor Brokers can install carpet.


October 4, 2011 - Tuesday

Completed pad installation. Started carpet install.


October 5, 2011 - Wednesday

Completed Carpet installation.

October 27, 2011 - Thursday

Put a final coat of sealer/enhancer on the floor tile.