Mills Interiors will lay the floor this fall, but I wanted to get the flooring upstairs and acclimated. The heat will go on later this month, so the timing was good for delivery. Emerson Hardwood Floors in Woodinville (NE of Seattle) was the supplier to Mills, so the flooring came by truck and ferry to our garage floor. They dropped it off when we were in Seattle shopping for bathroom tile, so I didn't want the guys carrying it through the house and up the staircase. Didn't seem like a big deal to move the wood, until I'd done a bit of it.
We have a little over 500 sq. ft of floor upstairs, so Mike Mills ordered 560 ft of flooring (3/4 x 4 SEL/BTR WO R/Q). This description decodes as 3/4" by 4" tongue and groove, select or better, white oak, rift quarter sawn. There were 34 bundles; 29 at 16 sq. ft and 5 at 20 sq. ft plus some bullnose for the stairs. Each bundle averaged 50 pounds, so how hard could that be to move. I moved a dozen to the back door, then carried each upstairs avoiding the painted walls and finished window. Careful no to make more work for myself. Then I stickered the bundles on the floor upstairs, where the radiant heat will dry the wood. The aim is to lay the wood at 6-8% moisture, then let it sit for a month before sanding and finishing it with tung oil. We really like the matt finish and ease of maintenance/repair with the tung oil.So all the flooring is drying out and we'll have it laid toward the end of September. Then the sanding and finishing can happen a month later. We'll do the tung oil application this time to save some time and bucks. Its an easy process to mop on with a lambswool applicator, with one light sanding between the 2nd and 3rd coats. By then I should have the floor tile laid in the upstairs bath room and be starting the shower/tub tiling. I suspect I have a 4-6 weeks of full-time work upstairs before we're ready to hang cabinets, which we haven't even thought about seriously
