82 days ago
by Thomas Porter |
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Alright so it’s been way too long since I’ve followed up this project, and yes, I finally finished it. The pictures you are about to see are where I’m at at this very moment. I just put the last coat of poly on the floor and it’s drying right now.
I ran into some stumbling blocks on the way and I’d like to fill you in. First off, I left the project alone long enough to get disenchanted with it and began to procrastinate with it, but thankfully I have a wife th...
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191 days ago
by Thomas Porter |
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So now it’s time to do all the cutting and laying and cutting and laying and cutting and…. well you get the idea. This room will use somewhere near 800 tiles to cover the entire floor. That means cutting up about 10-12 beams depending on how far down the beam and how many pieces get damaged. Sometimes there are cracks and the pieces can only be used as half pieces for custom cuts later on. I leave about 20% more than i need just incase. You can never have too much wood right?
I...
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191 days ago
by Thomas Porter |
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I went and picked up a bunch of stuff from Home Depot the other day. I love the fact that I get to buy crappy lumber. Usually I blow lots of money on exotics or quality domestic hardwoods. Picking up a bunch of Douglas Fir beams is cheap. They were $19 a piece for 12’ beams of 4×8 (actual size 3.5”x7.5”).
I also picked up some polyethelene moisture barrier and tongue and groove douglas fir plywood (22/32”). This is what I’ll be using for the subfloor. I i...
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196 days ago
by Thomas Porter |
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About 4 years ago I did the entire 1st floor of my condo in redwood endgrain. It was time consuming, difficult, aggravating, and one of the most fun projects I’ve ever done. I have decided to take you guys through a step by step journey as I do a new endgrain floor in my house. I’m going to start with one room at a time and take you through the process of building the floor from scratch. I’ll also throw in some of the information I’ve found about end grain flooring as ...
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