week 12

last week was stressful.  after pulling up the protective floor covering in the new kitchen i could smell a very musty smell.  it was wet sanded and then bleached and 24 hours later it was still there.  not as bad, but there.  so, from work i stopped the filling in of the floor boards that were missing and had the contractor remove all the flooring in the new kitchen.  once the boards were removed from the space the room smelled so much better!  however, there was still some smell in the sub flooring as the layers of paint on it still held some of the smell.

after a little more sanding with a small belt sander we realized it needed to be sanded with a large floor sander.  the entire floor was sanded and the smell was thoroughly removed.

as you can see, the new oak flooring is almost finished being laid.  starting thursday morning we need to be out of here so that the entire hallway, new pass through to the communal stairs, new bedroom and living room new kitchen space can be refinished.  i go today to look at stains.  once they are sanded the old floor might have stains that will stand out too much without a little stain.  we will see.

the lights in the new box beams are in.  going to get the faceplates and filters today.  need to get a $70 led dimmer, too.  wow!  hope not ever having to change another light bulb will be true after led expenses.

and finally, the wall that use to separate the living room and new kitchen has been put into it's new place as the wall to the new bedroom(old kitchen).  used the old wood which is great.  the place where the ladder is was our old doorway to our old kitchen.  hard to remember even just 12 weeks later.

more later.  cabinets coming the beginning of next week!!
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