Wood Floor Replacement
The floor of our garden apartment is in terrible shape. It is the original pine sub-floor and has enormous cracks in it, through which you can see straight down to the basement. We have had a significant amount of flooding in our basement this summer, and recently had to remove moldy sheetrock, etc. Needless to…
The floor of our garden apartment is in terrible shape. It is the original pine sub-floor and has enormous cracks in it, through which you can see straight down to the basement. We have had a significant amount of flooding in our basement this summer, and recently had to remove moldy sheetrock, etc. Needless to say the air quality in the apartment is not good as the air from the basement travels straight up through the cracks. It has become clear to us that the floor needs to be replaced, and I am wondering if anyone has had positive experiences with contractors/companies who do this type of work. Also, we would ideally like to install a wide-plank floor, and would love to hear from people who know of companies who can supply and do a good job installing something like this, rather than the usual, generic type of hardwood flooring that many apartments have.
its not terribly difficult, but labor intensive. it depends how far you want to take the reno (just replace flooring? level floor joists ? etc. ). either way, you will need to tear up old pine flooring, lay a new plywood subfloor, then lay your new floor of choice on top. you can get old salvaged wide plank flooring from companies like carlise. or you can purchase new wide flooring as well. or you can try to lay your old pine back down depending upon how beat up it is and refinish it. i just did the same thing for myself. and if you decide to toss the old pine flooring, i would gladly take it off you hands for free. i might even remove it for you for free depending on its condition and save you paying someone else to demo it…..my email is chinaspice25@yahoo.com if youre interested.