Simply Name Me Dr. Frankenstein (Here is How I Completed The House Fitness center Closet Flooring)

I’ve already shared about how I carpeted the primary ground of the house health club utilizing FLOR carpet tiles (you can see that here), so I hadn’t truly deliberate on sharing the method of ending the ground within the closet space of this room. However as soon as I acquired began on the precise undertaking yesterday, I made a decision that I wanted to share it.

I wished to share this course of for one cause — to indicate that even perfectionists like myself typically should undertake a “simply get it executed” perspective.

Right here’s what the closet space appeared like earlier than I completed it yesterday (besides that the primary a part of the room had the brand new carpet squares, not the outdated foam tiles)…

So I needed to transfer every little thing out earlier than I might even get began. And as soon as every little thing was out, right here’s what the precise ground in there appeared like…

That’s subfloor. This home is over 70 years outdated, and the unique subfloor is 1″ x 8″ and 1″ x 10″ boards, and as you’ll be able to see it had some points.

The entire ground on this whole room has points, and that’s why I didn’t choose to sand and refinish the hardwood flooring. Sooner or later within the very distant future, I’d wish to have all the flooring and subfloor on this room eliminated and changed. However for now, I simply wanted a stable base on which to place the carpet squares.

So after working all afternoon and night, that is what the ground within the closet appeared like after I was completed…

It nonetheless wants baseboards and quarter spherical, however doesn’t that look so good!! I used to be so excited to lastly have this executed. I’ve been taking a look at that subfloor since 2019, so I’m thrilled to lastly have this completed.

However once more, the purpose of this put up is to indicate you that typically, even I, a perfectionist, should undertake a “simply get the factor executed” perspective, and despite the fact that the method might look horrible, I arrive at an finish outcome that I can dwell with.

My principal aim was to get this executed with out spending any more cash. That meant that I wanted to make use of solely what I had readily available. First, I wanted some type of vapor barrier, so I had some Tyvek home wrap readily available. I stapled that into place straight onto the subfloor.

I needed to minimize a gap for the scuttle gap entry into the crawl area on the left facet of the closet.

After which I used what I had readily available to construct that ground up 3/4 inch in order that it was stage with the hardwood flooring in the remainder of the room. I began with the few leftover items of hardwood flooring, and put in these till they had been even with the closet facet of the jambs on the cased opening.

After which I used items of three/4-inch MDF that I had readily available. Yep…MDF. 🙂 Once more, it’s what I had readily available, and I didn’t need to spend any cash on “flooring” that was simply going to be coated up.

It required quite a lot of slicing, and piecing collectively, and filling in edge gaps, however I lastly acquired the entire thing coated. I didn’t really feel the necessity to minimize a brand new scuttle gap cowl, so I stored the unique one with the unique ground boards connected to it, and simply stuffed within the areas round it.

And sure, I used my jigsaw proper there within the room, proper on my new carpet. 🙂 After dwelling with these FLOR tiles for a number of days, and seeing how sturdy they’re, and the way straightforward they’re to hoover, I felt fairly assured that they might be simply high-quality.

Right here’s a more in-depth have a look at the scuttle gap cowl with the unique ground boards, and the MDF round it. The entire leftover ground boards and the MDF are nailed right down to the subfloor, so there’s no method they’ll shift round.

And simply to place your thoughts relaxed, right here’s what every little thing appeared like after I vacuumed up the mud, and simply earlier than I began placing the carpet tiles down.

The toughest a part of placing the carpet tiles within the closet was slicing the piece out for the scuttle gap. By this time, I had had loads of expertise slicing the carpet tiles to go across the perimeter of the partitions, however this piece wanted to be minimize completely as a result of it was going for use. I couldn’t have any snags on the perimeters, or jagged cuts.

I did handle to get it minimize out with pretty clear edges, and naturally, the half that coated the scuttle gap was six separate items. So I used duct tape to tape these collectively securely on the again.

I’ll ultimately glue this carpet piece onto the wooden, however that may truly require a purchase order of contact cement or one thing related, in order that didn’t get executed yesterday.

However for now, the carpet piece lies nearly completely in place. Initially, I might see the minimize fringe of the carpet sticking up simply barely. That’s the type of factor that this perfectionist finds unacceptable.

And in individual, its apparent that it wasn’t only a stripe within the carpet as a result of the stripes go all the way in which throughout. The white of the minimize edge had begins and stops throughout the sting of the tile.

So I solved that drawback with a black Sharpie marker. I used it to make the minimize fringe of the carpet piece black in order that it will mix in with the carpet significantly better.

And that labored completely! I actually don’t assume that anybody would be capable to inform that there’s a scuttle gap to the crawl area proper there.

In order that daunting undertaking — one I’ve been dreading for a lot too lengthy now — is lastly completed. And despite the fact that it doesn’t look fairly in any respect beneath (it really is a Frankenstein’s monster of a ground beneath there), the tip outcome appears fairly darn good, if I do say so myself. 😀

Subsequent up, I want to put in the remainder of the trim (baseboards within the closet space, and quarter spherical in the entire room), after which do some paint touchups on the closet partitions, after which I can begin including the dresser, TV, cabinets, mirrors, and no matter else I resolve to place into this closet.

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