Flooring

After we tore out the carpet from the basement and bedrooms, we began to lay the flooring of choice, fir to match the other bedrooms. To lay the flooring you need a flooring gun. You can buy a high end one if you plan to do flooring frequently. We just bought an inexpensive one since we only plan to do it this once.  

You will also need a chop saw to cut the flooring to size.  Once you get the hang of it goes in rather quickly. We rented an orbital sander at this point and gave the floor a good sanding to smooth it out and prepare it for staining.

 

 If you are using unfinished hardwood, like us, you will need to stain it.

 We used a squeegee brush to apply the stain.

After you stain it you will want to put a protective coat on it to preserve it.