Alright, carpet’s gone, hardware’s gone, floor is bare, walls and ceiling are bare.
I don’t think there’s really a clear answer for how many layers of flooring I needed to deal with. Over most of the floor, I removed what was originally 2 carpets, but I would argue it was 3 layers, since the bottom carpet came off in a thin upper layer, and then I needed to scrape off the lower layer of broken down rubber backing that had been glued to the floor. And in the little area that had cupboards many long years ago (you can just see a corner in the bottom right of the pic) they had put down 2 layers of underlay, making it nice and squishy. I’m not sure where they thought that underlay was going to go, but good heavens someone used a lot of staples to hold it in place! I can only imagine that someone kept asking a summer intern to staple down that underlay 2 or 3 times, forgetting it was already done.
So how many layers of flooring is that technically? I’m going to say 2 and 7/8 layers. As for the contest guessing how many layers, I’d say everyone is a winner, meaning you have won a free latte or cortado with me. Just check ahead to make sure it’s a good time, PLUS, you have all qualified to help me paint. Again, just call ahead to insure there’s a paint opening for you.
