Our New “Wood” Floors! Before and After

Wood flooring before and after picture
Our existing RED floors.
  • Wood flooring before and after picture
    I’ve waited 8 years to replace these outdated floors.

Let the Demo Begin!

I decided to save a “little” money and demo the floors myself. I pulled out every staple from the linoleum! They say you can hammer them into the sub floor, but I wanted a solid smooth base.

Demo begins: Tackling the removal of the linoleum floors.
Demo begins: Tackling the removal of the linoleum floors.

Linoleum Floors – no so easy to remove!

I didn’t think that the old linoleum floors were going to give me such trouble. I definitely need a breaker bar in some areas. Boy were my hands sore!

  • Demo begins: Tackling the removal of the linoleum floors.
    More linoleum . . .
  • Demo begins: Tackling the removal of the linoleum floors.
    . . . and more linoleum!
Demo begins: Tackling the removal of the linoleum floors.
Whoops! This turned out be dry rot, nothing current. So we had it removed and new floor board was replaced.
Demo begins: Tackling the removal of the linoleum floors.
Linoleum hallway . . .
Demo begins: Tackling the removal of the linoleum floors.
. . . linoleum bathroom floor.
Demo begins: Tackling the removal of the linoleum floors.
Tons of staples that need to be REMOVED with a flat head screw driver and hammer.
Preparing the floors for the tile and Ditra heating system.
Preparing the floors for the tile and Ditra heating system.
  • Preparing the floors for the tile and Ditra heating system.
    Adding the tile liner on top on the thin-set
  • Preparing the floors for the tile and Ditra heating system.
    Pressing the thin-set into the tile liner with a 100lb roller.
  • Laying in the wire for the Ditra heating system.
    Laying in the wire for the Ditra heating system. Leave it to the woman to do the important work!

Setting in the heating wire for the Ditra heating system.
Wire is weaved and pushed between the circular nodules.
Deciding on the "random" pattern of the wood tiles.
Deciding on the “random” pattern of the wood tiles. We decided on a very random pattern, no like this however. I wanted a very primitive looking “wood” pattern.

Setting the porcelain wood tiles to the sub floors
The tile setting process does move pretty fast.
Setting the porcelain wood tiles to the sub floors
The tiling process begins!
Setting in the heating wire for the Ditra heating system.
Living room done!
installation of porcelain wood flooring
The excitement of the new floors overshadowed the mess you live in for a couple of weeks!
installation of porcelain wood flooring
  • installation of porcelain wood flooring

Wow! What a difference a 10 days makes. We love the new look of the “wood” tiles. The heating system is simply a wonderful thing. It makes the tiles and the room warm. Perfect for cold Colorado winter days!

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