I know what you mean.
I put it on my mothers wood floors 6 years ago and is still looking good. Of course it's just her and a cat.
And it will get sticky, but just keep moving quick. It's like Grout. Grout waits for no man.
Refinishing/Installing Wood Floors ???
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I put it on my mothers wood floors 6 years ago and is still looking good. Of course it's just her and a cat.
And it will get sticky, but just keep moving quick. It's like Grout. Grout waits for no man.
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When I remodeled, I installed all new base, new doors and trim.
I spaced it 1/2" inch above the floor for the Carpet install, so there's going to be a gap between the old floor and the base/door jams.
I'll use quarter round, or better yet, some shoe trim for the base boards, but will need to do something about the door jams and door trim. Or just live with the gap, which I'm not inclined to do.
Anybody have an easy way to do that
When I remodeled, I installed all new base, new doors and trim.
I spaced it 1/2" inch above the floor for the Carpet install, so there's going to be a gap between the old floor and the base/door jams.
I'll use quarter round, or better yet, some shoe trim for the base boards, but will need to do something about the door jams and door trim. Or just live with the gap, which I'm not inclined to do.
Anybody have an easy way to do that
My brother is a finish carpenter that has done all types of floors/remodels and I will ask him when he gets off work this afternoon.
Thanks
I think it's just a matter of cutting some trim in 1/2" sections, painted up, and tapped into place under the door jams and trim.
What I'm afraid of is, you will be able to see that. Or more specifically, I'll be able to see it.
A buddy of mine told me years ago that if you do your own shit, you will always see the imperfections every time you walk by it, even if nobody else can.
He was right
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We have Oak hardwood.
Out of curiosity, would you be open to a wooden threshold? You might be able to buy one wider than your door frame, notch it out and nail it down. I am just spit balling. And you have a wise buddy.
Not really the way I want to go.
If my wife likes the way it turns out, she will want to go into the 3 bedrooms (oh joy) with the refinishing, so a wooden threshold is probably out of the question.
He was so right about it.
Every time, and I mean every time, I walk by something that isn't quite right or I should have taken a little longer on, or done it a different way; I think about it. It's a curse really.
I bought a 100 year old house and my brother told me that he would remodel any house in the country except the one he lived in.
That's funny
My buddy always said the job will look a lot better when you get home, the further you get away from it.
I think I have pitched in whenever friends/family have asked for help ... except once. We hired an apprentice that was freshly married at 18 with a child. He bought a starter house that needed remodeling and was intent with doing it himself. He asked me about drywall one day and I told him the first thing to do was make sure the framing was plumb. He knew it wasn't but went ahead and nailed the drywall on twisted lumber that wasn't plumb. He couldn't hire anyone to finish and paint that shit, hell nobody would even give an estimate. I went over to his house and damn near got seasick from those wavy walls. I told him he had two options, take it off and start over or find a doctor on the free side with Xanax prescriptions.
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I would say to do what you will with the floor and do qtr round, or other trim. Doubtful you'd be able to 1/2 trim, and stuff it underneath the jambs without it showing.
Problem is that quarter round doesn't go around door trim or door jams. It wouldn't look right. Plus, that would be too easy and we can't be having any of that.
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You could always pull the trim off the doors, cut the jambs loose and drop them down to the floor.
Yeah
I could pull the Base trim too, and I could if I were going up the wall instead of down.
Just replacing the door trim idea is a good one if I can remember the tint of the trim paint I used. I can cover the existing calk line that way, where I can't with the Base trim.
One of the doors I will be touching is the most fucked up one I have.
I could actually pull that door and replace it, at the same time drop the jam to the floor like you said.
they were cheap home center doors when I bought them, and they aren't anything great.
And the one that's most fucked is the first door I did.
They got way better after that one.
I'll have to look, but I'll bet Home Depot still carries that same exact door......I hope.
IF you keep the same door my brother had an idea if blocking the bottom does not work. Does your door trim have a decorative section on the bottom? Normally it is like six or eight inches high, flat and slightly thicker than the rest of the trim. Old houses tend to have them on all interior doors, if it is original trim. If you do, use an oscillating tool and cut the decorative piece off and you can replace it, probably with a piece of 1X. Use the smallest of caulk beads on both joints and paint over it and you will never see the joint work. If it doesn't have that decorative section, measure from the floor to whatever height you want the decorative section piece to be ... maybe match it to the baseboard's height or whatever you like ... and build one.Yeah
I could pull the Base trim too, and I could if I were going up the wall instead of down.
Just replacing the door trim idea is a good one if I can remember the tint of the trim paint I used. I can cover the existing calk line that way, where I can't with the Base trim.
pretty standard door.
on the internet, looks to be the same just about everywhere.
$130 plus trim
That's almost 3x what I paid 10 years ago.
on the internet, looks to be the same just about everywhere.
$130 plus trim
That's almost 3x what I paid 10 years ago.