hardwood floor DONE

Walton and Tim finished the hardwood floor this afternoon at about 6. (With the exception of the stair treads....) It looks terrific , even if it's dusty.

Walton cut his thumb open on the table saw while ripping a piece of wood to fit next to the wall. It's not too bad - it cut in next to his left thumbnail, but not into the nail itself. Probably not stitch-worthy, but he's going to get some antibiotics to be safe. It gives me the creeps to think about it. Tim just carried w/ the floor on while I bandaged Walton's thumb. Once it stopped bleeding he was right back to work.

Here are some pictures of the flooring process.






Will was helping out with watering the narrow strip of sod next to the driveway. The sprinkler waters too much of the driveway, so we've been watering that small area by hand.

And Kyle was helping inside by sweeping up the new floors.

Fitting a tricky piece next to the hearth.




Finishing up in the closet in the master bedroom. (I had to get a shot of their rear ends....the best posts on the blog have rear end photos.)


The last piece! Hooray! 1100 square feet of hardwood completed in 2 1/2 days =2 sore backs and 4 tired knees.

And one chewed up thumb. (at least it was his left hand....)


Tomorrow they will work on the deck railing and put up a fence on the retaining wall for the county inspector. I have requested this Friday and next Monday off for cleaning and moving!