Mike and I have been wanting to redo the floor in our condo in Ogden for a while now. Since our renters just moved out we decided now is a good time. The carpet downstairs was trashed so we decided to replace it with a pergo type floor. We had two full days up in Ogden without Jay and we worked our tails off to get it done. Our good friends Matt and Lauren were kind enough to help too. What a lot of work! First we had to pull off the carpet (not hard) then we had to pull off the carpet pad (HARD!). Mike's job was to pull up all the little boards that were nailed into the pad and the cement floor.
My job was to get all the nasty sticky glue/pad scraped off the cement floor. Wow did my fingers and hands hurt after that! We also had to take off all the baseboards around the room. After getting the floor prepared, laying the pergo wasn't too difficult. We did have to figure out how it all worked, but once we got the hang of it it went really fast.
The only hard part was when we had to saw the boards to fit the angled wall. After finishing the floor I repainted the baseboards outside - right before a huge rainstorm hit us and blew water and tiny pieces of dirt and grass onto the drying boards. After wiping off the baseboards they miraculously looked pretty good so we nailed them back on and then I had to Spackle, sand down and paint all the nail holes.
Mike then caulked the baseboards so they would look nice. We also had to cut and nail little quarter round wood pieces next to the front door and the stairs.
Oh, and to get rid of the carpet we drove around at 1 am looking for a secluded dumpster and ended up finding one right outside a Wells Fargo. No one was there though and it was unlocked and empty so we quickly dumped the carpet. Is that illegal? I don't know. Once we finished all that, we cleaned up, fixed some problems in the rest of the condo and we were finished. 48 hours of hard work, and boy did it pay off. Check out our beautiful new wood floor! We love it. So, anyone want to rent it?
My job was to get all the nasty sticky glue/pad scraped off the cement floor. Wow did my fingers and hands hurt after that! We also had to take off all the baseboards around the room. After getting the floor prepared, laying the pergo wasn't too difficult. We did have to figure out how it all worked, but once we got the hang of it it went really fast.
The only hard part was when we had to saw the boards to fit the angled wall. After finishing the floor I repainted the baseboards outside - right before a huge rainstorm hit us and blew water and tiny pieces of dirt and grass onto the drying boards. After wiping off the baseboards they miraculously looked pretty good so we nailed them back on and then I had to Spackle, sand down and paint all the nail holes. 
Mike then caulked the baseboards so they would look nice. We also had to cut and nail little quarter round wood pieces next to the front door and the stairs. 
Oh, and to get rid of the carpet we drove around at 1 am looking for a secluded dumpster and ended up finding one right outside a Wells Fargo. No one was there though and it was unlocked and empty so we quickly dumped the carpet. Is that illegal? I don't know. Once we finished all that, we cleaned up, fixed some problems in the rest of the condo and we were finished. 48 hours of hard work, and boy did it pay off. Check out our beautiful new wood floor! We love it. So, anyone want to rent it?
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Impressive work you two! I didn't know you were so handy..hmmm..maybe we'll hire you to finish our remodel! The work you did is beautiful and how satisfying to have accomplished something "hard". luvs and hugs always
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