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There’s just 2 weeks left in the Fall 2021 One Room Challenge and I’ve made quite a bit of progress in the Kitchen. I still have quite a bit of work to do, but I’m so happy with my progress so far.

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Floor Repair

any If you missed it, we had a flooring company come out and remove our old glued down hardwoods. They came back a few days later and made some repairs to the subfloor and repaired any damage. I worked with a local company Diaz Hardwood Floors and if you’re local to metro Atlanta I would definitely recommend them.

This past week I came behind them and did some additional flooring prep. There were a few areas where my floors were slighly unlevel so I used a self leveling underlayment to help create a more level and even surface in a few areas of my subfloor. I used LevelQuik RS and was shocked with how easy it was to use. You just mix the underlayment mix with water, pour it on top of a primed floor with lath, and then just smooth it out and let it set. After the underlayment set and dried I started putting down my flooring.

Flooring

I think I might have ruffled a lot of feathers when I decided to pull up our wood floors. But honestly, I’m excited that I finally get to add in flooring that is a color I love, is durable, on trend, and that we can eventually run through our entire downstairs. The wood flooring we had went through a lot and took a beating from our dogs claws and daughters toys so I’m excited about this upgrade.

This week I got down about 1/3 of the flooring in the kitchen. I had a lot of trial and error on my end trying to make sure I ran the flooring straight (in a home with very wonky walls). I’ve never installed any type of click and lock flooring but it’s been easy to install so far. I still need to run the flooring into the family room and into the bathroom and hallway, but the progress I’m seeing is a big step in finally getting this kitchen put back together.

Tools and Supplies

Flooring:

The flooring I’m installing is the Madera Miel Luxury Vinyl SPC Floor Tile from The Tile Shop. This flooring is 7″ x 48″ and is a click and lock floating floor. The planks are made with a stone polymer composite and it’s 100% waterproof! It also can be laid on top of exsisting hard flooring and doesn’t require any additional underlayment.

Floor Installation Kit:

I purchased a floor installation kit that has come in handy for installing the flooring. The kit came with a tapping block, pull bar, spacers, and a mallet. It’s everythign you need to install vinyl plank, hardwood, or laminate flooring.

Self Leveling Underlayment:

As outlined above, I used a self leveling underlayment to fill in areas of my subfloor that weren’t level.

Knee Pads:

Knee pads are a MUST HAVE. I’ve never had any before and now I’ll be using these for so many more projects down the road.

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