Somebody give that man a job! Nice!

Kezug,

From the photos, it looks very nice. As you now can see, it is very hard work and many things need to factored in and done correctly for a quality job. Most homeowners after installing their own floors understand why wood floor installers need to charge what they do. I hope you bought the flooring from our host here. BTW, what did you end up doing about the dishwasher situation?

Gary,

Yes, I definitely do appreciate the work of a good installer. However, my budget usually entails having me do the work myself or find someone at the prices I can afford. Translation, I have to do it myself if I want it to look nice. But after being on my knees for 2.5 months doing the plumbing rework in the bath, tile, subfloor prep, hardwood, etc...I think I will start saving now and find someone good to do my tile work in my master bath.

Sorry, no, I didnt buy the wood from the sponsors on this site.

As for that dishwasher. I cut off the adjustable legs and hoisted them in position by some wood shims. Then I simply installed the hard wood right up to the leg runners of the dishwasher. When it comes time to deal with repair or replacement. I will use a reciprocating saw and cut off the rest of the legs to get it out and just replace it with a unit that will fit at the new floor height. I didnt do anything special with the wood in the front of the dishwasher like I was thinking in earlier posts.

Ok, now that my floor is in. I have some detailing to do. One such item is to fill in the face nail holes along a couple walls.

I tried getting some stainable wood filler. This worked out nice but only in some areas where the stain I have exactly matched up with that spot on the wood.

So I ask, what other things could I be doing to cover up those face nails.

....I used 6d or sometimes 8d finishing nails

I can certainly understand not being able to always pay a pro to fix things around the house or make improvements. I have had to do many myself as well. So you're not alone there! Sounds like you worked out your dishwasher issue as well. Just keep cutting off the bottom and sooner or later it will fit, right?
About those nails holes. Woodwise ( http://www.woodwiseproducts.com/woodfil ... inish.html ) makes a PRE-FINISHED Nail hole filler that I like and it can be mixed to get various in between colors. That's what I'm using these days.

Came out great from what I can see in the pictures! What program did you use to draw those renderings?

The software I used is called Google Sketchup.

The software is free and very easy to use, but spend a few moments going through the tutorial. Once you do, you can start rendering with ease.

My Floor!

Ok, my wife spilled some chicken marinade all over the floor. Yikes! She cleaned it up with paper towel as much as she could. Then used a full strength hard wood floor cleaner to get the rest.

This has left a haze on the floor. Most likely the oil residue is still on the floor.

I was thinking of doing some sort of vinegar/water solution but thought to ask here first.

What should I do?

Mineral spirits, and buff with a dry clean towel.

Get yourself one of these
http://www.amazon.com/Standard-Thicklin ... 201&sr=1-1
And buff the floor by hand with some of the cleaner. You can use a buffer if you want to instead.

So how about just using vinegar.water solution? (my floor was prefinished)

Try it, and follow up with staight clean water to neutralize the acid.

Then when that doesn't work, Mineral Spirits, not paint thinner. It will not harm the prefinished flooring.

Hello, its been a while since I have been on this forum as well as finishing the last bit of details on my flooring project. Its just been too hard working indoors with the nice weather outdoors this summer.

If you look closely, I need to reinstall/complete my toekick boards under my cabinets. Originally, there was this black painted material for the toekicks. I am thinking to replace that with a stained toe kick. However, I will also be wanting to install shoe molding as well. Mainly because there will be a gap where my floor stops and where the toe kick begins. The shoe molding will hide this defect.

However, I am not sure how I should handle corners or wrap arounds such as my island. If not notice on my island there is vertical trim on the island corners, do I put the shoe molding under the corner trim (cutting the corner trim bottoms off to make the shoe molding fit)?

In addition to my questions, I am looking for some pictures of others who have completed this type of trim work in the kitchen. Perhaps the pictures will give me an idea and put all my questions to bed.

Thanks.

I cut those outside corner trims off on island cabinets and run the base shoe or quarter round under it.

Thanks Jerry.

How would you stop the trim just before items such as the dishwasher or where the stove is? Do you cut it with a return (if thats what it is called) just a bit before the dishwasher or stove?