It would take a blow torch to remove the existing vinyl tiles so we are going to lay the new floor on top of them. It’s a “floating” floor since the tiles stick to each other and not the floor itself and is installed like a laminate floor. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: September 2009
The kitchen challenge
The 1950’s upstairs kitchen really needs updating, but we don\\\’t have the budget for a new kitchen. We will try to make it look retro chic with fresh paint and new vinyl flooring. Continue reading
Paint prep
Every room in the house will have to be painted. Our previous tenants choice of brown and beige paint colours, makes the place look drab. Continue reading
Floors
Now the our tenants have moved out, we have been able to better assess what work has to be done. The first job on our list was to have the floors refinished. The floors looked like they had taken a lot of abuse. Someone had prevoiusly tried sand them and created a wavy mess! We … Continue reading