Tore into it, today starts with a trip to Harbor Freight. 2 evenings ago we did a dry run on the entryway floor. It sucked. There's a jillion staples with a death grip holding the 1/4" subfloor to the real subfloor. We fought with the majority with a screwdriver and diagonal pliers. After we were pretty much done I was off to YouTube in search of a better way. There were a number of solutions that were meh or didn't work at all, but this one ended up being a winner.
Start them with this puppy and finish with fencing pliers.
So easy a 6 year old can do it. She ran circles around mom doing it the old way. Next I went for the carpet, this was actually really easy. Still a bit of a time suck, but not an *ss kicker like those staples.
This would make excellent workshop carpet. It's still good house carpet, just 1 stain in the high traffic area.
Speaking of high traffic area, check out all this dirt that made its way through the carpet and padding right down to the subfloor. And we take our shoes off inside the house.
Feels less homey now. Next step was the kitchen, there was a nice surprise waiting for us in there.
Back in 2017 our old water heater took a dump and flooded the kitchen. 1 and done, but apparently still enough to do this. Most of it got sucked up by the shop vac, so should clean up with some bleach. And the floor doesn't have any rot or damage. Nice little scare. I also noticed that there's grout between the panels?
I wonder what that's all about? Last but not least, Merry Christmas!
Too much of a pain to move it around back and forth without wheels so I screwed it to a Harbor Freight dolly. It's seen better days, but it'll hold a tree just fine.
Start them with this puppy and finish with fencing pliers.
So easy a 6 year old can do it. She ran circles around mom doing it the old way. Next I went for the carpet, this was actually really easy. Still a bit of a time suck, but not an *ss kicker like those staples.
This would make excellent workshop carpet. It's still good house carpet, just 1 stain in the high traffic area.
Speaking of high traffic area, check out all this dirt that made its way through the carpet and padding right down to the subfloor. And we take our shoes off inside the house.
Feels less homey now. Next step was the kitchen, there was a nice surprise waiting for us in there.
Back in 2017 our old water heater took a dump and flooded the kitchen. 1 and done, but apparently still enough to do this. Most of it got sucked up by the shop vac, so should clean up with some bleach. And the floor doesn't have any rot or damage. Nice little scare. I also noticed that there's grout between the panels?
I wonder what that's all about? Last but not least, Merry Christmas!
Too much of a pain to move it around back and forth without wheels so I screwed it to a Harbor Freight dolly. It's seen better days, but it'll hold a tree just fine.
Used my GI Bill for it and still have a couple months left, if you have that benefit USE IT. I have a Bachelor Degree and now an Associate done on it. Yes it all takes work and time in, it's not a hand out, you will EARN it. It's done though, and with that I start a new position at work tomorrow that is a promotion for me. Been working with my boss on it and the deal was to get that Degree done so they could move me up. Looking forward to it. Never stop kicking @ss, always have a goal and make it happen. Move up every day. 
