The original floor was 1x6 tng fir (You can see some of them in the picture above, beneath the 1x4s, as well as a pile of three of them off to the right (you can see some of the rot on these). We're not going to re-use these boards, but we'll keep them on display somewhere ... ). It was, for the most part rotten, as it was basically in complete contact with the dirt beneath the floor, except for the "joists" that appear to have been 2x4s placed on something like 32 inch centres. They must have expected that they had built the house high enough that the dirt inside its walls would remain dry. Much of the second layer was rotted as well, but we've salvaged enough that we think we'll be able to cover close to a third of the floor in the original wood. These boards are 1x4s, with a 3.25 inch face.
We've also salvaged floorboards from a housebarn that had been in Sommerfeld, which we'll use when we run out of the material that was originally from the building. These boards from Sommerfeld are 1x4 fir, with a 3.125 inch face! Why the eighth of an inch difference? When we install these two sizes side-be-side, we don't think it'll be noticeable, unless you're really looking for it. A final curiosity regarding board size is that, in case we need more boards to complete the job, I've sourced out new 1x4 fir flooring from Brown & Rutherford, and the face on these boards will be 2.875 inches! So, when all's said and done, the floor will likely feature three iterations of the 1x4 tng fir floor!
Once the boards are installed, we will sand them - since the salvaged boards had been painted in various patterns - so that we have an even surface, and then Margruite will repaint them in the original style (in the main room) of the house, and also use two other patterns (in each of the two bedrooms).
Tomorrow I will ride with some guys from the area, from Altona to Moose Lake, about 200 ks. We pray for favourable winds!
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Are those steel toed Adidas' that Margruite is wearing?
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