Documenting my new floor install FINISHED

[bulldog ducker]

And I guess you can get a head injury while layng floors...

[blkdout]

You may need to have your eyes checked

[bulldog ducker]

I started to goet a little careless after 12 hours in a day working won the floor. Yesterday I put in 15 hours.

[eSJay]

Note to self:
Do not make an appointment with Jimbo!

[bulldog ducker]

Note to self:
Do not make an appointment with Jimbo!

No, Eyes I can do... Don't hire me to put in your floors. Unless you have alot of liability insurance but they do look BA!!!!!

[Greenhead329]

Looks good! but question...are the nails sticking up out of the floor still in some of the pics?

[edub20]

Looks good! but question...are the nails sticking up out of the floor still in some of the pics?

I was wondering the same thing. holding in place while glue sets?

[bulldog ducker]

yea the nails are in some of the pics from what we put down that day/night. They are out now and sanded.

[Drake Lodger]

Glad you survived!

[bulldog ducker]

Going with the stain on the left



Living room and breakfast area


Living room and foyer


Kitchen and entry to dining room

[bulldog ducker]

Aright now to the cost of the little project...

Pine flooring... $1.10 per sq totaled $1031.05
Glue (Bostik Duragrip) $119 per 4 gallon x7= $898.80
Tool rental (Demolition hammer, floor sander with diamabrush and floor roller) $292
Random trip to home depot for concrete nails, new jig saw mineral spirits, tape, plastic etc... $140
One copay for insurance for xray $40

Total unfinished $2361.85

Another 2k for sanding and finishing comes to a grand total of $4361.85

Lowest quote to do the job was $10,500 bringing my total saving by DIY to $6138.15

[country_20boy]

Lowest quote to do the job was $10,500 bringing my total saving by DIY to $6138.15

Good deal. You should have plenty of money left to pay me for my time. My rates are HIGH!!!!

[BAY KINGFISHER]

Hey you forgot to include your opportunity cost in your DIY labor. LOL, just kidding, everything looks great. Id hate to have you on our comp/liability policy though. We use that Provincial stain a lot down here. Just note, anything darker will need constant cleaning ( like a dark truck). Anyway, great work!! especially the prep. I cant wait to see the finished picts. I highly recommend Bona hardwood cleaner!!.

[chopper30]

Lowest quote to do the job was $10,500 bringing my total saving by DIY to $6138.15

Good deal. You should have plenty of money left to pay me for my time. My rates are HIGH!!!!

He ain't kidding Jimbo, consultants ain't cheap. Especially when you have us do manual labor...

[bulldog ducker]

Lowest quote to do the job was $10,500 bringing my total saving by DIY to $6138.15

Good deal. You should have plenty of money left to pay me for my time. My rates are HIGH!!!!

He ain't kidding Jimbo, consultants ain't cheap. Especially when you have us do manual labor...

He missed his calling that man is mean with a chop saw... and he dresses up to work on floors.