Paul Fudge restores our floors

In one of the smoother parts of the reno so far, Paul Fudge restored our fir floors.  He came when he said he would, did what he said he would do in the time he said it would take, and charged what he had said he would charge.  In short, a hero.

There had been no fir flooring where the walls were.  Also, years ago I took up the multiple layers of flooring that had been installed in the old kitchen, but of course I hadn't done that for the parts of the floor that were under cabinets and I also didn't take up the layers of flooring from the pantry.  So the floors were a mess.

Paul started by taking up almost all of the existing flooring, leaving only a narrow hallway of floorboards running from the old back door to the dining room doorway.  He cut off and discarded all of the bits with old flooring on them and any that were damaged.

Then, mixing our old fir with fir of a similiar vintage, cut, and amount of wear, he re-laid the tongue-and-groove fir.  The device he's using above knocks the pieces together then fires long thin brads that nail them together.

I was struck by the rambunctiousness of the sanding paper.

I suspect this sander has quite a few miles under its belt.

Viola!  The floors look terrific. 

Zeke then carefully wrapped the entire floor in brown paper, as though for shipping parcel post.

The taping/mudding/sanding are also done, as is the exterior trim, and Merlin the painter and an assistant are expected at o'dark thirty tomorrow morning (Monday 12 Sept) to start the painting.  If all goes as currently planned, the cabinets will start arriving a week from tomorrow.