Category: Flooring Demolition

  • Plaster and Lath Demolition-Crazy or Not? Why Did We Do This?

    Our house is a 120 year old farm house, our first thought was to preserve rather than replace. Why did we choose to go down this path? Each situation is different but this is what lead us to this point. The process is a mess- we’ll try to provide guidance to anyone else going down…

  • Pulling Up the Carpet and Linoleum

    I thought it made sense to start with the flooring. Uncovering the original floors was the only way to see what we had to work with. Upstairs was mostly linoleum which was stapled down (not glued) over roofing felt or, for most of the rooms, over several layers of newspaper. This meant there was very…