Carpet has to go!

Within hours of closing on the house, the carpet came out. In a house this small, it only took about an hour to remove all of the carpet and padding. This was certainly an unpleasant task, but very rewarding. Underneath, the original pine floor is revealed. It's certainly seen its days, but may be salvagable for the most part. I do have a recycled oak floor planned for a replacement, but the original pine may come in handy for future attic space additions.



Here's the Living Room:

And The Bedroom, with lots of carpet glue residue:
I'm also working on removing the vinyl flooring from the kitchen, bathroom, and entry area. The kitchen floor is badly damaged along the north wall and will require removal of the floor to repair what I guess to be failed floor joists. Not surprising, but still somewhat interesting, the kitchen floor has, from top down, the following layers: Vinyl, very thin plywood, vinyl, plywood, and finally, the original flooring.

There's not much detail in this photo, but most of the vinyl has been removed from the kitchen floor and in the far right is a hole striaght through to the crawlspace. The floors take a noticible downward slope in the 3 feet closest to the wall.