It's too early in the morning to operate power tools outside so I'll spend some time on a long overdue update. I believe we left off somewhere around here.
The mighty sink cabinet. It did not want to come out, mainly due to plumbing and the previous owner's affinity for spray foam. But then, POOF!
It's gone.
So if you are keeping track, we have removed all the lower cabinets, patched the subfloor, fixed the door (that will be a later post) and are just about ready to begin the new floor installation. The final step, determining if our refurbished subfloor is level.
This part I dread the most. If it's not level, then we'll have hours of sanding, spackling, and smoothing ahead of us. I can deal with the surprises but sanding is by far the worst. I can think of a million awful things I'd rather do like...
...oh. It's level.
Now, we lay down an underlayment. It's a thin, squishy pad that provides the floor with some cushion (prevents squeaking) and blocks moisture rising from our crawlspace.
Next, we seal any gaps in the walls or trim using spray foam. This stuff is my new favorite. It comes in a small aerosol can and, when you spray it, sticks and expands to close up any gaps or cracks. As mentioned earlier, the previous owners used it to fix the plumbing cutouts in the sink cabinets and were a bit too liberal with the product. Well there's good reason for that, it's awesome. Here's my "generous" usage to seal up the drain pipe.
Kathleen said it looks like the pipe had a party. Now we are ready for flooring.
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