Cathy, Yes, we installed some pre-finished hardwood in our living room. It was straight forward work, but I wouldn't exactly say it was easy.
We went to Lumber Liquidators and Teresa picked out the wood since It all feels somewhat similar and I thought the color was more important than anything else. We went with a butterscotch oak in 2.25 inch wide boards. The hardest part, after ripping up the old linoleum, was laying down the quarter inch plywood and making all the little cuts around the various bits that stick out here or there, like the fireplace. Once that was down, the next difficult part was to lay the first run of boards. they have to be straight and they need to be face nailed carefully near the edge so that the trim will cover the nails. Once that was done, the rest was very straight forward. We had a neumatic floor stapler and I can't imagine doing that job without one. Just lay a board in place, tap it snug, then staple it down. Get to the end of a row, cut a board to fit, snug it and staple it down. One row done. Then just do that for many hours. OK, the hardest part was getting the "pig" out of the living room, but that's a different story. *GRIN* -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081
