from grimy to beautiful?

[zoomama]

Originally we were just going to pay Home Depot to take out our old (grimy, dark purple) carpet and replace it with something new. But then they told us that they wouldn't install over wood floors, and we happened to have the original-to-our-house parquet hiding the carpet. We knew the parquet was not salvageable (it had sustained damage from

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[bearpaw9]

We are just doing one floor now, and one later. We have patched the subfloor (with many wrinkles and detours). Now we are looking at really cheap options, like sealing and painting the plywood.

[zoomama]

Home Depot has laminate on sale, 68c/square foot. We got the underlayment online, CHEAP. Super high quality stuff for less than you buy the cheap stuff for at HD.

The first couple of rows are a pain to get in, but once you get past those it's not too bad to install.

[zoomama]

Too ambitious, it seems. Didn't get around to finishing off the hallway. Worked until midnight last night finishing the living room, then was up @ 5 am to get to the airport...

I ache everywhere.