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  • Brett
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August 28, 2007

Is This Wood Worth Re-Finishing?

I have pulled up the various layers of carpet, tile, cement, etc. on our basement floor and arrived at the pictured wood. It is tounge and groove, 4.5 inches wide and rests directly on the floor joists. I have a few questions about what to do next.

BTW, to give you an idea of the style I like - I want hardwood floors and I was thinking of going with re-claimed wood.

Is this a wood worth saving (old growth pine)? If not I assume my best option is to have plywood (1/2 or 3/4 inch?) nailed on top of it and have hardwood put on top of the plywood.

If this is worth saving, should I:

1) Have it re-finished as it lays (directly on floor joist). If so, would I need to add insulation between the floor joists to protect from the cellar below? The cellar is fairly dry with a de-humidifier running.

2) Pull up the wood, put a layer of plywood on the floor joists and then have the wood re-installed on top of the plywood.

Would love any comments or suggestions as I barely know what I am doing. Thanks!

[IMG]http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff183/jbrettrose/Pine.jpg[/IMG]

Posted in Forum by HaHaYourDadsNotHandy at 7:10 PM | Comments (15)
Categories: Floors

Soundproof Windows

Has anyone installed "soundproof" windows? For example:

http://soundproofsecuritywindows.com/sound-proof

- or -

http://www.citiquiet.com/?gclid=CJnn75Hcl44CFRqWGgod0A32Zg

If so, how well do they work? Do they look OK?

thanks

Posted in Forum by HaHaYourDadsNotHandy at 3:53 AM | Comments (7)

Author's Comments

I just re-keyed all of the locks for my building and I used:

Miguel's Locksmith
718 596 4142
74 4th Ave (btwn Bergen and St. Marks)

He was very helpful and affordable. I had several Mul-T-Lock cylinders re-keyed and new Mul-T-Lock Keys made and it was much less than All-Star Locksmith on Flatbush wanted and Miguel was much more helpful. He even pulled a discontinued lock out of a display set-up to match my old locks so I could have one more door keyed the same.

I took all locks out and brought them to him and then re-installed myself. So, I can't verify his service calls or even if he does them.

Posted by: HaHaYourDadsNotHandy at October 14, 2007 8:31 PM in response to Locksmith recommendations?

Responses to Author's Forum Comments

We had some locks replaced by the guys at the Ace Hardware on Court Street--around Livingston or Joralemon. Very nice, showed up promptly when scheduled, price seemed reasonable.

Posted by: guest at October 15, 2007 6:49 PM in response to Locksmith recommendations?

HaHaYourDadsNotHandy: Thank you. I used Andy, from Miguel's. He did a fine job and the job went smooth as silk. I spent 350 for a pair of knob locks keyed alike and a repair of an existing lock. Not dirt cheap but not crazy either.


Posted by: tubegeek at October 15, 2007 7:35 PM in response to Locksmith recommendations?

Locksmith prices!
I needed a locksmith this morning. He promptly came over and of course said my cylinder was broken. He charged me - wait for it - $626.66!375 for a Yale lock. 195 for security cylinder - 45 for installation - had the nerve to add on service call at 45 which I had him remove and wanted cash! I gave him a check which was the only thing he could do. Oh I get 12% percent discount because I had his card. Was I completely ripped off? If so, should I cancel the check? Not something I would normally do but I am still reeling from the shock!
K

Posted by: guest at June 30, 2008 1:10 PM in response to Locksmith recommendations?