Floors finished

Between Saturday and today we got two more coats of varathane on the natural coloured floors.  Looking great!

Basement flooring, landscaping starts

Danny was quick to pull the trigger on the basement flooring, and he picked a good one.  Juvee started installing the floor in the basement so we get a good finish when he installs the jambs and doors.

Meanwhile, Thom was back at it.  We are adding a concrete base and flagstone to match the porch as the landing between the stairs and the driveway.  Also on task is the interlock border on each side of the driveway.  We'll be paving in about a week and a half.

All covered up

Now that the floors have been finished, we need to protect them for the next phase of the interior build - the trim and paint.  Mick, my trusty painter, was in today to protect those floors from all of the activity to come.

There they are!

So we finally got to see the stairs uncovered today, and they look great.  The first coat of varathane was on by the end of the day... sadly, they'll all be covered up on Monday!

What to do?

We had a bunch of stain options for the clients to review this morning... but they took one look at the natural colour of the floors and stairs and decided to go au naturel!  It's a great decision as I think the stairs and floor will flow nicely in the natural red oak colour.

Columns and porch

The hardwood guys finished this morning and began sanding the floors.  Meanwhile, Juvenal was in to work on the exterior porch and columns, as well as install the back stairs.  Once the columns get painted the exterior will be near completion.

Freddy slips in at night

My tile setter, Freddy, is awesome.  He has a real sense for schedule and never wants to disrupt the other trades.  Well, while the flooring continued downstairs, nobody saw Freddy sneak in and finish all of the tiled floors on the second floor.  Very stealthy Fred!

Down to the main floor

The installers are cooking along.  The first floor is half done.  I love when the floor goes in as  you can really get a feel for what the space is going to look like at this point.  Looking good.

Flooring Progress

Hmmmm.... smells good.  And looks good!  The first floor is near completion and I'm loving the quality of this wood.  

Flooring Starts

The hardwood installers arrived today and spent the first few hours diligently measuring and setting up the first strip of wood down the center of the first and second floors.  Like with most good trades, especially the "finishers", spending time on setup really pays off with speedier installations which are mistake free.  I'm looking forward to the smell of the red oak when it's first installed!

Nosing Installed

I don't like to get the nosing (the hardwood "lip" at the top of stairs and landings that finishes off the edge of the floor) until right before the flooring begins.  Stairtech arrived on schedule and installed the 3/4" red oak nosing to perfection today.