OUR HOMEOWNER OF THE MONTH! (see bottom of this blog)

We recently completed a job for a set of homeowners here in Bear Trap Dunes in Ocean View.  Along with doing a hardwood floor in their living room and dining room we also completed a kitchen backsplash for our homeowners, John & SuAnne.  In this first picture we see Matt sweeping the floor and getting it ready for the tar paper which is applied under the hardwood.  Notice the seams in the plywood subfloor have been sanded.  This is done with a "floor edger" that is typically used in sanding hardwood floors.  We do this to knock down any high spots in the floor, as the seams tend to swell during construction especially if the house undergoes any bad weather prior to the roof being installed.

While Matt is finishing up on the floor prep, Josh is busy laying out the floor boards and carefully checking the layout of the job.  Josh is determining ahead of time what size boards will fall at the perimeters of the room.  Josh wants to make sure that the starting boards and the ending rows will not be too small as to be unsightly.

In this shot we see that Josh and Beers are well under way.  Notice the 2x4 board installed as a starting board that Josh has used the first row of hardwood to push against. Josh will turn a board in the opposite direction to finish this area from the fireplace to the wall.

Meanwhile installer Shane was busy installing the glass tiles at the kitchen backsplash.  This particular glass tile was done in a brick pattern with a subway tile used at the bottom.  Our homeowner SuAnne did a great job picking the colors to work with her kitchen floor and countertop.

And here is our happy homeowner SuAnne Yanowitz!  (Not featured is her hubby John)