Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Jan 13, 2010 8:52 am Not quite at the whoa stage yet, but I just thought I'd share my progress of this little project for my summer holidays... When we moved in our house had salmon coloured carpet throughout, and I mean throughout: including bathroom and toilet! I ripped out the carpet in the wet areas and we're making do with what's underneath at the moment: lino tiles in the toilet (fine), and yuk cement/fibro looking something-or-other in the bathroom (ugh. I'm hoping having it like this will prompt DH to give me the go ahead to re-do earlier than planned). This summer holidays (teacher over here, summer is "house time") I'm taking on the job of ripping up the carpet in our hallway, living room and dining room areas, sanding the radiata pine underneath, staining it, and coating with satin estapol. I'm not going for the highly polished glossy look, I like sort of rustic looking things, with a bit of texture. So when people keep telling me my dogs will scratch the floor, I want to poke them in the eye. I know this is a possibility, I'm not silly. I've had dogs all my life, I know they are capable of complete and utter destruction. But I don't really mind, ok? That is why I'm doing it myself and not paying 3k for the pro's to do it. *ahem* So! Here are some piccies thus far, today our floor guy friend is bringing his fancy sander around for me to give it a once over (he said the floors are so good underneath the carpet they almost don't need it), then over the next couple of days I'll be staining and estapolling til the cows come home =) Wish me luck! Darkened area to be floorboards: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Harley is helping: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 2Jan 13, 2010 8:24 pm So I had a little set-back today... The orbital sander I was using, borrowed from our floor-guy friend, kind of, um, blew up. He assured me it was nothing I did that made it catch on fire, it was pretty old. But needless to say that put plans on hold since about 4pm. We're going to kennards tomorrow to hire another one, hopefully it won't blow up! Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 3Jan 13, 2010 8:36 pm They're evil machines, floor sanders! But even worse can be the bag of sawdust... Friends of mine built a new home with timber floors throughout. They had a professional come in to finish the floors, who left the machine and bag of sawdust sitting on freshly sanded boards when he went for smoko. Needless to say, when he returned the sander had fallen through the floor and the house was black with smoke! Apparently the sawdust had combusted, burning through the boards! I'm sure you'll have much better luck though hehe Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 4Jan 13, 2010 8:44 pm What a difference simply ripping up the carpet makes! An amazing tranformation, cant wait to see the finished floors Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 6Jan 13, 2010 9:24 pm Yep...I "get" the rustic floor thing...part of my job is talking to farmers about water stuff...sometimes I look at their floors and think, man there are people in the city who would kill to have floors of this character! mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 7Jan 14, 2010 12:50 pm IkonInteriors They're evil machines, floor sanders! But even worse can be the bag of sawdust... Friends of mine built a new home with timber floors throughout. They had a professional come in to finish the floors, who left the machine and bag of sawdust sitting on freshly sanded boards when he went for smoko. Needless to say, when he returned the sander had fallen through the floor and the house was black with smoke! Apparently the sawdust had combusted, burning through the boards! I'm sure you'll have much better luck though hehe Our friend told me about this first: "don't leave the machine inside!" We've now hired a different machine from kennards, and it's not quite as good as the blown up one, but still works well (better than the belt sanders). I just posted this on my blog: I feel like baking, but... My husband is doing this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My living room still looks like this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ My kitchen looks like this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And the whole house is covered in a layer of this: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And it'll still be a few days yet! Just have to keep thinking of the money we're saving by DIY-ing Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 8Jan 15, 2010 10:32 pm Does anyone know how imperative it is that we wait the recommended 3 days for "normal traffic" to put our furniture back in place? We're using satin estapol (not gloss) and it's hotter than the general drying temp of 20 (it's going to be around 30 for the next couple of days). Do you think it would be ok to put the furniture back 2 days or even 24 hours after the last coat? All the furniture has little felt pads now. Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 9Jan 17, 2010 8:15 pm Great job there, we did the same so i know how satisfying it is to be finished. We waited a week before putting heavy furniture back. I think 3 days is enough though. Even though you can walk on it after 24hrs, its still not completly dry underneath. I would wait the 3 days, to be on the safe side. I was worried about furniture sticking. Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 10Jan 21, 2010 10:44 pm And here's the WOAH =D (posted on my blog) Now, these photos are evidence that timber floors get really dusty. Really quickly. I’m talking a matter of hours, not even days. So of course I’ll need to sweep them probably every second day and mop twice a week… but you know what? I’d much rather do that than have the feral dust and dirt building up in the carpet and not knowing about it (until you pull the carpet up and see the 10 years worth of dirt sitting on the floor underneath). The last thing I need to get is a few floor rugs, I’m planning on light-ish coloured ones in a hard wearing material, probably jute. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I LOOOOVE my floors, much much more than the pink carpet. Sorry pink carpet, you had to go. @Jubsie coined the colour “Salmon” for me, and she was dead on. Now whenever I say anything about a colour (eg, for Harley’s new dog collar) JA (my husband) likes to suggest Salmon. Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 11Jan 21, 2010 11:07 pm You gotta be kidding me... THAT was under those carpets? Talk about finding a diamond in (under?) the rough! That looks simply amazing, it's a million dollar difference between uninspiring 90's decor and those gorgeous red boards. For some reason it reminds me of those classy 1960's secretaries - ruby red hair, pull up stockings attached to the undergarmets, all va-voomph and feminine appeal. Re: Salmon carpet to lovely polished floors: from go to whoa! 12Jan 21, 2010 11:25 pm Those floors look amazing! Well done to you and your partner 2 4685 3 5595 Old Home Restoration / Renovation To reduce noise transfer without compromising the aesthetic of your exposed I beams, consider filling the 100mm gap between the I beams and the floor above with dense,… 6 9156 |