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Showing posts with label heart pine. Show all posts

Thursday, September 13, 2012

BUILDING THRESHOLDS

      The thresholds bridging the interior and exterior here on Hawthorne Avenue were in bad shape.  During the vigorous restoration of our house, a couple interior thresholds went missing or required alteration.  Another task for Donnie!
  
      Using old floor boards from another house he is renovating with his family, Donnie (with a little help from me) has fabricated several beautiful thresholds. 
  

Old flooring from Garland Ave. house


The table saw creates heart pine sawdust which will come in hand later


I collect the sawdust and reserve for later


Each threshold is sanded and shaped

Thresholds are snug


Epoxy comes in handy to adhere  floorboards
when creating wider thresholds


A threshold into the back bathroom also required a 2 inch rise
due to the difference in floor levels
      Now for 3 coats of polyurethane and we will be good for years to come.


Monday, May 14, 2012

HERE COMES THE FLOORING

    When we removed the vinyl in the kitchen, the floor beneath was the original wood but damaged and rotten.  The flooring has just recently been replaced with new growth heart pine

Kitchen floor
Butler's pantry



The 1/2 bath too had rot beneath the floorboards.

1/2 bath BEFORE

We tore out the flooring and replaced joists and wall studs.  We installed the subflooring and now...


1/2 bath AFTER








Friday, August 26, 2011

DEAL OR ORDEAL



 We are anticipating a significant amount of rain as hurricane Irene approaches the East Coast. 
 That the backside of our house is not yet under roof is of great concern. 



The framers assured me Thursday morning that we would be under roof and wrapped by the end of Friday.   And then Thursday evening we got a thunderstorm.....


Rain on new construction...not such a big deal.  Rain on heart pine flooring...



Ordeal.

The GOOD news is ...



Our new built-in gutters and downspouts work!