The rug in the front of the house has to come up. The original pine plank floor is under it. A couple of planks need to be replaced. The rug was put in for a tenant who complained that a lot of cold air was coming up through the basement. For energy conservation, the barrier was needed. But it's seen better days and has to go.
Now-a-days there is this bubble type of insulation which we are going to put up under the floor, between the joists. The floor will get painted again. These old floors were always painted. We never opened the other side of the door way that held the pocket doors, so we're going to try it just on the minute chance that both doors are in there.
The historic landmark application mentioned the floors that were under the rug are important, so that's why we are going to expose them. We'll post pictures of the project and just hope it really can be done. Sometimes you don't know if something is possible unless you try but unfortunately, not all things are possible. But we aim to make this work.
Stay tuned....
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