Been working on this for awhile, but getting to where I can finally see the finish line.
Pulled up about 500 sq/ft of carpet the dogs had totally trashed and replacing it with porcelain tile. Couldn't come up with anything more dog proof than that. Least not that might look decent. They won't be able to scratch it no matter how hard they try. Can't chew it. Can't stain it. Can't trap odors or hair. After seeing what was actually UNDER all the carpet, I kinda never want to have carpet again
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My first attempt at any kind of flooring, or finish carpentry. Bailed on trying to cope tight radiused MDF and did 45's in the corners, but my last few bull nose corners didn't need any caulk.
Doing these 4' long tiles is hard. I made absolute certain I have 100% coverage on all of them though. Prepped the crap out of the subfloor, used a decoupling membrane, left generous expansion joints everywhere they should be, I think the install is rock solid. It's turning out okay I think. Which, is a youtube miracle, since that's all I had to go on learning to do this stuff was youtube. Got a couple spots with lippage that stands out like a ten thousand foot peak in the middle of the salt flats, to me, but nobody else has noticed them yet.
Daughters bedroom, done (except for assembling a whole room of 16 year old girl selected Ikea furniture, that was no fun...).
Hallway before doing any of the finish work. Six, S-I-X freaking doors at the end of this hall. Three into carpeted rooms, one linoleum, one into existing tile, one with the new tile. All different heights of finished flooring. Crash course in transitions, notching tile and working in tight spaces. It felt real good to get out into the open field in the front room by the time I finished this.
Into the open field in the front room.
One of the reasons for not just getting new carpet. Pulled the carpet off those stairs yesterday, redoing them in solid maple.
Progress. And the other reason for not just getting new carpet.
The last tile has been laid. Yippee!
Still gotta redo the stairs, do the rest of the trim/molding and paint, but the hard work is done.
- DAA
