livermanl

We had the hardwoods done, looks amazing!

Still haven't got the bill but it should come in around $2000, next job is to put quarter round throughout so I got a bit of work coming my way .

There was a small patch we weren't happy with and the guy will be around today to see what he can do. Anyone in and around winnipeg who wants his number just PM me.

AlvicBC

Could you talk then into coming to Saskatchewan....lol...can't get anyone here for love no money to do ours...they are too busy, so looks like OH will be tackling them

Would love to see some photos of how yours turned out??

Souvenir

Jesus. Installing quarter rounds is about the easiest and quickest DIY job going.

livermanl

I will do it tonight!
It's easy but still needs to be done over 700sqft worth!!! I'm lazy.

Souvenir

You are indeed. If I can sand 500 square feet of deck, remove 100 square feet of it and re-lay grass in a weekend, you can whack on a few bits of quarter round.

<takes more ibuprofen>

AlvicBC

Ehhh...would you travel to Saskatchewan for work.................

Gremmie

We are at this moment living in an'otel as the whole of our house is having the hardwood floor ripped out and replaced,,,cost $13000, why coz the friggin water cooler leaked over nite ruining our original brand new Hwood floor (Mapel)

livermanl

I will probably go to home depot over the weekend and buy the quarter round needed get it painted and ready to go on.

I may even get the baseboards replaced as they need painting as well and it doesn't cost a lot more just to replace them. Far easier to paint them when there not on the walls.

AlvicBC

Oh Gremmie...I can truly sympathise with you...thats just horrible mate

Lots of mine has been nearly destroyed by some previous owner years and years ago, sticking lino tiles untop of my beautiful oak, with black tar..it took me near two months getting it all off the diningroom and now for extra punishment I have decided to take it off the master bedroom...OH has warned me not to start

Souvenir

What other reason could there be?

livermanl

I lived in the house whilst he did the refinishing it was not a pleasant experiance!!! The wife stayed with her family for the most part.
You can rent a professional floor sander from home depot might make things easier then you just need to buy the wood filler and floor varnish. If the floors weren't in a dire state I might have tried it myself but my floors pre work were an absolute mess and even the professional had troubles with them.
Not much!!!

AlvicBC

AlvicBC

[QUOTE=livermanl;7543090]I lived in the house whilst he did the refinishing it was not a pleasant experiance!!! The wife stayed with her family for the most part.

You can rent a professional floor sander from home depot might make things easier then you just need to buy the wood filler and floor varnish. If the floors weren't in a dire state I might have tried it myself but my floors pre work were an absolute mess and even the professional had troubles with them.

Not much!!![/QUOTE]

Oi - there is no call for that kind of talk

Souvenir

Do the current baseboards marry up well with the floor? If there are no big gaps, you don't need quarter rounds.

If you do change the baseboards, don't use MDF (and learn how to do scarf joints).

livermanl

The base boards leave gaps all around the flooring so quarter round is definately needed.

As for replacing the baseboards it's a simply enough job but i am still unsure whether or not I will be replacing them all they need is a bit of paint but if I do it will be cheap and dirty cause we are selling soon hopefully. As long as they look good up til then it doesn't matter to me!