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Here's $4500 worth of wood. I still
have about 200 square feet left in their original bundles. Anyone
interested? |
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First the rosin paper goes down to provide
some isolation from the plywood subfloor and moderate vapor barrier. |
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As bundles are opened, the boards are
arranged so that the interesting ones are in highly visible areas, and
there're no obviously contrasting neighboring boards. |
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Thank goodness my father did this tedious
task or I'd still be nailing. |
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In attaching the 3/4" strip flooring,
each board is slid into the previous course (it's all "tongue and
groove".) and tapped home with the rubber end of the heavy flooring
hammer. |
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This is the flooring nailer - a completely
manual, back-breaking device that simultaneously pulls the board tight and
drives a nail diagonally through the tongue so that there's no nail hole
visible. |
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It usually takes two full swings of what must
be a three pound hammer to set the nail in this extremely hard wood. |
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This is my helper, Tigger. |
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The bar area before sanding, polyurethane
finishing, and of course, the bar. |
