Paulette

Much of the day was spent removing floor boards and preparing the cold air returns for the new wooden grills.

We needed to remove more pieces to feather in the flooring. The wood was cut blunt at the walls that once stood there.

The grills were custom ordered but did not come the size we expected. It all worked out but it’s a good thing we didn’t install the flooring before we received the grills.

By 11:00 PM we called it quits even though Kat was willing to put up with the noise of the compressor, air nailer and shop-vac until later.

We got a decent amount of flooring installed in the evening given that we are using old floor boards that require cleaning. Also not one board is the same length as any other. I don’t know how they installed floors in the 50’s but it sure makes it a challenge trying to match it up today to our custom job.

The grill is perfect. It ends up flush with the floor. It is the same wood as the floors just unfinished. It’ll all look good once we get the floors sanded and refinished.