It took 2 days for me to pull up all the carpet, staples, nails and scrape up the lumpy mess of putty that lived under the carpet. You can see the stain spilled all over too from when this room was first finished!
That little red machine is the "Floor Boar". It is basically a saw designed to use with Pergo flooring that works with a rachet mechanism to both feed and cut the boards by hand. I loved it! I wasn't afraid of the saw getting away without me - it used no power but my (now toned) arms and it did a really nice cut, even on angled pieces.
For $50, I'd definitely recommend it! It didn't create a big mess of saw dust either - you end up with nice little chunks of board that clean up super easy.
Since I was connecting from the already finished hallway, I started this room in a fairly unconventional way. The instructions are to start in a corner and lay the boards out but I had to come in the door and go in 2 directions - one way into the bathroom and the other way into the bedroom!
So, I basically laid a foundation row inside the door and out both directions to build off of horizontally. This required nailing some boards to one side for stability while I connected the other rows out horizontally but once I had a wall on one side it was easy sailing from there!
See what I mean about the angles in my house? Cute but a DIY nightmare!
And my room is done!
Phase 3, Master Suite Complete!
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