![]() ![]() In speaking with a wood flooring company that wanted to work with us, they helped us determine that our subfloor is made of 5/8 particle board, on top of 5/8 plywood. We kept thinking, “Man, taking this current tile out is a big job, but from there it’s smooth sailing.” Pfft. Goodness sakes, it’s not simple at all!Ī couple months ago, Jules and I were trying to decide between doing wood floors or faux wood tile floors. Fact of the matter is, for us, it’s not that simple. I’m gonna put in tile floors.” Shouldn’t it be that simple? Whether it should or shouldn’t is irrelevant. I’m gonna put in wood floors.” “Oh hey, I want tile floors. Jules and I saw flooring as stuff you put on your floors. When we first started thinking about replacing our floors, I’ll admit we were a little naive. If we tackled a project, we’d approach it like a contractor and do whatever was needed to make it structurally sound and “up to code.” And even though this has created a lot of extra work on this flooring project, we’ve also uncovered several major problems that would have just gotten worse and worse otherwise. Well, when we moved into this new house, we made a pact that we weren’t going to do that anymore. ![]() ![]() Nothing that would be dangerous, but shortcuts nonetheless. You aren’t going to see this or that.” Even Jules and I have been guilty of this in the past. We cut corners, we find shortcuts, we think to ourselves “Oh this is good enough. Let me first preface this post by saying, DIYers sometimes get a bad rap. ![]()
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