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11-8-11

Today we started the project of laying the flooring for the majority of the 1st floor. The bathroom floor was completed back in July, so we had to use the last floor board at the threshold of the bathroom as our guide for continuing out into the rest of the house. Using a string line, we nailed down our first continuous row of boards from wall to wall. Early in the day, Jillena and Paul brought over a large load of flooring from the storage trailer.

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11-9-11

Jeff and Paul continued south with the flooring, filling in the hallway, while Bob disassembled the temporary framed wall and began constructing a railing along the open stairwell. Jillena continued with her painting project in the kitchen.

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11-10-11

We finished almost all of the south half of the flooring today, which is the dining room and kitchen areas. Bob finished our stairwell railing as well. We also brought in the truckload of flooring Jillena and Paul brought over yesterday. We had left it outside one night so it wouldn't be in the way inside. Now that the south half is virtually complete, we can stack the rest of the flooring in the dining room while we work on the north half.

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11-11-11

Heading northward with the flooring, we made it about half-way to the front door.

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11-12-11

Tom volunteered to help us today for a few hours so we put him to work filling some of the larger holes in the flooring. The rest of the crew continued laying boards and Jeff installed a cap board on the kitchen backsplash.

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11-15-11

Jillena spent most of the day painting the holes she's been filling. She's using flat black paint on the oak-colored wood filler so the filled holes blend with the rest of the black-rimmed holes. Jeff finished laying flooring right up to the last row against the front wall.

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11-18-11

We finished up the flooring today, except for the last few boards in the bedroom. Jeff scribed the last row against the front wall. The board against the threshold needed to be slid under the door framing. Bob was also out today working on building the door jamb for the laundry room.

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11-21-11

Jillena and Stephen went to stay with her family while Jeff urethaned the floor. We're using Varathane, the same treatment we used in the bathroom, where we applied four coats. Here, we'll use three. Yesterday, Jeff vacuumed and damp-mopped the floor in preparation for the first coat. Today, Jeff got about 2/3 of the floor Varathaned.

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11-22-11

Tonight, Jeff had help with the Varathane. Our friend, Dave, grabbed a respirator and paint brush and applied the rest of the 1st coat with Jeff.

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11-23-11

It was back to the south end of the house for coat #2 tonight. First, Jeff took a metal straightedge from a tri-square and scraped it across the floor to knock down the crystallized bubbles from coat #1. Then, a quick vacuuming and it was on to the Varathane. Because of the time it took to scrape and vacuum, Jeff only coated the south third.

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11-24-11

Jeff finished applying the 2nd coat today, completing the middle third and north third.

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11-25-11

Having a vacation day today, Jeff started early on scraping the floor down with the metal straightedge, vacuuming, and applying the entire third coat.

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11-26-11

Finished! By afternoon, the floor was dry and it looked beautiful. It was time to move in a few simple essentials.

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12-2-11

Jillena took Stephen down to her parents' house for a few days again while Jeff Varathaned the basement stairs and landing. The first coat went on today.

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12-3-11

Today, Jeff and our friend, Mike, emptied our entire storage unit. The house now looks much more lived-in, although most of our things are just piled against the walls.

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12-4-11

Another coat of Varathane on the staircase today.

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