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If I were 40 years younger....

2nd time was a charm. The floor is down with no gaps. All the joints are tight. Trim tomorrow, then move the furniture back. The dogs will be happy to have their space back. Thank you everyone who took the time to share your experience and wisdom.

Pulled up the flooring last night and phoned a friend. He is an experienced carpenter and remodeler. He gave me some tips and offered to help. Before I could utter a word my wife said YES! Hopefully 2nd time is a charm.

Got home last night and a few more long joints had come undone or are on their way. I think I started on the wrong wall, interior vs exterior. The exterior wall is cinder block and most likely is the straightest. There is an 1.5 in difference from end to end currently.

Pretty much convinced I will redo, just have to warm up the wife to the idea. The planks are 6 ft long and it is impossible to install with one person. I

I used a tapping block. Smashed my left thumb and middle finger, funny how much you use your non-dominate hand . I bought 10% over and then an extra box of planks to cover my inexperience.

Gaps are about a 16th of an inch. Considering pulling up the floor and redoing. My wife will probability leave and take to dogs.

26 ft long by 14 wide

Long join, looks like it starts about 3 foot out. There are no loose spots.

Laid down the LVP yesterday. Found the room is 1 inch out of square, found out about halfway through the process. One of the longest days of my life, the wife is very forgiving. I ended up with some gaps in the joints, what do you use to fill them? They are probably noticeable to anyone else but...

Turns out the high spot was caused by a joist being too high. I could not gain access to that area of the house through the crawlspace, thank God. Ended up pulling up the subfloor and taking off about 3/4 in from the joist. I then ran stringers on the adjacent joists then on the trimmed one...

I finished pulling the last of the laminate last night. The rust I described earlier was limited to the heads of the "nails" the shank that was in the subfloor came out rust free every time. I would estimate about 60% had rust and the rest looked normal. The vents are open btw... Found my first...

It is funny, the fasteners seem to have rust on the end that was in the flooring and not all are rusted. It is better than 50 % however. The shank that protruded through the subfloor comes out discolored but does not have rust like to top end. The former owner had insulation installed between...

Day 3; today's demo went smoother. Took up another 80 sqft of laminate after work. Finding that a majority of the nails are rusted and do not look like they would have lasted much longer. Have only found one so far that I was unable to remove due to the rust. The subfloor was not screwed down...