this should be on tv...

The Home and Garden channel should be in Nashville filming this little DIY project... Mandy's house. All the painting is completed, and as I feared from the beginning... the floors under the carpet are terrible. With a little research and thought I have come upon a new project: Hardwood Floors.


Here is the house from the street. Note the pile of wood to the left of the main door... that is the old hardwood floors from the living room. They were in un-salvageable shape, and instead of simply covering it with some cheap laminate or carpet I am going to install new hardwood in the livingroom, small hallway, and the bedrooms. Seems like a big task, but it is totally doable... and not to mention the fact that it will look incredible when it's finished.



Here is a shot of the floor in the living room. What you see is the underlayment they used 50+ years ago when the put the hardwood down. It will be taken up and hardwoods laid on the subfloor benieth... with some new insulating underlayment perhaps. Also... Mandy is becoming quite the master painter!


The other major project that must be completed before Mandy moves in is the bathroom. The photo on the left shows the bathroom before removing the cast iron tub... which weighs 300lbs. easily. George and myself took it out... it was fun. The back wall you see has a lot of rot from the window, and can move back and forth about 2 inches. To solve that problem Mandy's neighbor has offered his services... 8 2x4's and about 30 min will give us a new wall on Monday. Then I will be replacing some rotten plywood outside under the siding before moving back inside to install a new subfloor and then a new tub and some plumbing.

Where are the video camera's filiming the next DIY show? Lots of work is going into this, but it is going to be worth it. The house will look incredible once everything is done... no doubt. Thats all for now.