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Thank you for the welcome, pleasure to be here. seems like a good lot, I've come across.

I would definitely love to tare up the floor and go with new, sure would be nice to have a level floor... but, at this point not in the budget ☹️. Going to look at a few rental sanders this weekend and may start the long tedious process of removing and replacing screws, should hopefully be...

Some of the screws I will have to take out and counter sink otherwise they will be sticking up beyond the wood, to be honest I'm not entirely sure if the screws we're to limit wavyness or to stop squeaking but there sure is a lot.

I'll see what HD and our local hardware/rental place has to offer, and go from there, I spent quite some time hand sanding with a belt sander and palm in a few small sections on the last floor I did, definitely want to try and avoid doing more than needed with. Here a couple Picts of that. Also...

I didnt realize that hardwood should be laid parallel with the underlying wood, there is 1in rough cut under the hard wood and they have the barked, or rather now the de barked edges, so not a good underlay. Im ok with the dips and sags and so is the wife. it's an 1850s house and we realize...

A little back ground with me and the floor. I've only re-finished 1 hardwood floor,in the apartment building I was living in. it was over all fairly flat and just needed to be re sanded and re coated. How it came out I would give my self a B-, professional I am not, but the owners were pleased...

Greetings to all, my name is Andrew,I'm 38, been a mechanic for 20 years, and have been doing DIY home repairs and renovations for the past 5 years. I hope to learn lots here, and maybe help if I can with my limited experience.