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The 90 year old hardwood
floor had been patched many times, some places with vinyl floors glued
on top and was damaged in many places. It was decided
it would be better to replace the entire floor rather than try to
repair the many places needing repair. It was also impossible to obtain
new 3/4" T&G oak in the original 2" width.
Everything today is 2 1/4" wide. Here was the process:
The first step was to pry up the old
floor. It was a beautiful floor of tiger ("quarter
sawn") oak of long lengths. The original nails used are no
longer made, being the foundry-cast spikes. We have saved some
for you to look at.
One of many piles of old floor, making a
huge pile in total. Almost 4,000 square feet of old floor was
removed.
Some wooden "sleepers" or 2x3's
were replaced, cemented in and leveled. These are what the
old floor is nailed to. The sub floor is solid concrete in the
Castle. These wood strips are then cemented in.
The new floor was laid, occasionally
needing to cut out old obstacles.
The new floor was then sanded (rough and
finish).
The edges were sanded, where the larger
machines could not reach.
The floor was then hand stained.
 Several
coats of finish were added and allowed to dry.
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