On the (Engineered) Floor

I had been thinking about replacing my worn out and rather tatty carpet for a while. After a lot of research and thought I opted for engineered wood floor, this is interlocking planks made up of a plywood base and a layer of real wood laminated on top. The experts claim it is less susceptible to temperature and humidity changes and is thus suitable for use on boats.

The job is now underway, carpets and battered lino are out and new floor going in. Yesterday started with this

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And today has finished with this. The right hand side (in the picture) was easy enough but there was a lot of cutting in and difficult angles to work out along the left side.

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So that is the living area done, tomorrow will see the kitchen being transformed, plenty of awkward fiddly bits to tackle there.

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