Thursday, June 24, 2010
New Flooring - Day 22 and then some
I lost track of which days I was on. I had to take a little break before doing the living room but it is now complete. The only part left is the stairs going to basement.
Sunday, June 6, 2010
New Flooring - Day 16 to 21 - big post
I have been keeping very busy which is why I haven't posted any updates on the floor. I worked on it all memorial day weekend and pretty much every day until today. The progress at this point is the master bedroom has been completed! I ran into another unique set of challenges with this room but nothing I couldn't tackle.
Challenge 1 - old water damage?
First of all there appears to have been some old minor water leakage from the shower into the bedroom. The floor was slightly discolored but it didn't appear to be damp or recent. I tried turning on the shower to reproduce the problem but I was unable to. I noticed some of the caulking in the shower was wearing down so I as a precautionary measure I stripped the caulking in the shower and resealed it all. This took me a while but I think it was worth the time.
Challenge 2 - bathroom tile much higher than laminate.
I didn't think this would be a big deal but it was a unique challenge that I haven't had to deal with yet. I mocked up a few different designs with some scrap transitions and t-molding. Here is a picture of the mockup with scraps followed by the real deal.
Normally the t-molding is used to go between two even level surfaces. I tried putting it on top of the tile but it was too high an awkward. What I did was I cut a scrap piece of laminate that is about the size of the metal track the transitions are placed in and screwed it in there. Then I used the hard surface reducer to add a gradual slop down from the tile. (as seen in the picture above) On the hidden side of the t-molding, I used the end molding for carpet transitions to add some support underneath. The end result is the t-molding is almost even with the tile and it gradually slops down to the laminate.
The rest of the pictures
The closet in this bedroom is huge! I think it was transitioned to a walk in closet after the house was already built. I suspect this because the walls aren't exactly square around the closet.
Challenge 1 - old water damage?
First of all there appears to have been some old minor water leakage from the shower into the bedroom. The floor was slightly discolored but it didn't appear to be damp or recent. I tried turning on the shower to reproduce the problem but I was unable to. I noticed some of the caulking in the shower was wearing down so I as a precautionary measure I stripped the caulking in the shower and resealed it all. This took me a while but I think it was worth the time.
Challenge 2 - bathroom tile much higher than laminate.
I didn't think this would be a big deal but it was a unique challenge that I haven't had to deal with yet. I mocked up a few different designs with some scrap transitions and t-molding. Here is a picture of the mockup with scraps followed by the real deal.
Normally the t-molding is used to go between two even level surfaces. I tried putting it on top of the tile but it was too high an awkward. What I did was I cut a scrap piece of laminate that is about the size of the metal track the transitions are placed in and screwed it in there. Then I used the hard surface reducer to add a gradual slop down from the tile. (as seen in the picture above) On the hidden side of the t-molding, I used the end molding for carpet transitions to add some support underneath. The end result is the t-molding is almost even with the tile and it gradually slops down to the laminate.
The rest of the pictures
The closet in this bedroom is huge! I think it was transitioned to a walk in closet after the house was already built. I suspect this because the walls aren't exactly square around the closet.
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