This past Saturday was a very productive day.  Kevin was here and lent his expertise the task of installing the floors.  He also trimmed down all our doors.  He brings 25+ (?) years of construction experience to our team.  I would have never thought that some of the interior doors needed to be cut a inch above the floor to allow the heated air to circulate!

The floor is manufactured by Ark Floors and Pop got a great deal on it.  It is hand scraped distressed oak.  The two ‘rooms’ that we did (dog house and guest bedroom) were done quickly and efficiently because we had the right tool!  The PowerNailer 445 is amazing.  You almost can’t make a mistake with this tool.  I say ‘almost’ because with my skillz I was able to make a couple of mistakes.  We have cork underlayment to deaden the sound of the floors.  Bonus : Cork is GREEN (http://www.corkfloor.com/benefits.html) I am helping to offset Al Gore’s carbon footprint. 

The guest bedroom.  Notice the hinges are empty?  Kevin’s working on the doors while I take pictures.

Who left the hammer on the floor?  We are piecing the closet together with any left overs.  There aren’t too many becuase we can use the short end of the finishing piece as the starting piece for the next row.

Inside the dog house closet.  You can see that the far wall has some black scuff marks from the rubber hammer.  The last row is a bit tight when putting it in.