Able to Install a new Floor myself?

pararich · 10-14-2012, 10:26 PM

I've been daydreaming about putting in a floating floor. My floors are painted plywood now.
My injury is T7 complete.
Something ($ etc.) drives me to consider doing stuff like this.
Of course I'd need help doing it.
Here's the floor--

http://www.forboflooringna.com/Resid...rmoleum-Click/

jody · 10-14-2012, 10:37 PM

I think you could.

pararich · 10-14-2012, 10:40 PM

Thanks for the vote of confidence, Jody!
I like having fans like you!

gjnl · 10-14-2012, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pararich

I've been daydreaming about putting in a floating floor. My floors are painted plywood now.
My injury is T7 complete.
Something ($ etc.) drives me to consider doing stuff like this.
Of course I'd need help doing it. And the right tools. I always look forward to projects that require new tools!!!
Here's the floor--

Looking forward to pictures of the finished project.

All the best,
GJ

ZEN12many · 10-14-2012, 10:55 PM

I'm rooting for you. (I would like to have a floating floor in my house, too, and have speculated whether my wife and I could do it).

It seems to me the difficulties are having to bend over so much to do the job and having difficulty "tip-toeing" around the work as you complete the job.

Keep us posted.

wtf · 10-14-2012, 10:56 PM

Definitely, I'm sure you could do it.

My395 · 10-14-2012, 11:45 PM

My wife, 85 year old dad and myself have done about 1000ft of bamboo flooring in our place. It is time consuming but doing it ourselves saved a lot of money.

I'm t10 incomplete.

Curt Leatherbee · 10-15-2012, 12:13 AM

It is not easy, I'm a T-4 complete and I've done it, it is hard because the wheelchair keeps getting in the way. You keep thinking, why can't I just stand on my legs and do this, it would be so much easier. Maybe you can hire a handyman type guy to do it fairly inexpensive, might be worth it to save yourself the frusteration. When I was younger I could do things like this more easily (still not easy though) now that I'm 54, forget it, not worth the frusteration and my body just does not like to bend the way it use to, it is a lot more stiff.

baldfatdad · 10-15-2012, 11:17 AM

First thing you'll need is a Jay Protector. Bunch of tools. Book about how to do it from Lowes or Home Depot. Card board for patterns for curved parts. Patience.

SCIfor55yrs. · 10-15-2012, 02:29 PM

Completing a challenge like that would certainly give a sense of satisfaction as well as save $. On the other hand I have done a few other projects that required a lot of floor activity. They were a real struggle. I am glad they could be completed in a couple of hours. Based on that experience I would prefer to supervise the job you described.

10-14-2012, 10:26 PM	#1
pararich Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 709	Able to Install a new Floor myself? I've been daydreaming about putting in a floating floor. My floors are painted plywood now. My injury is T7 complete. Something ($ etc.) drives me to consider doing stuff like this. Of course I'd need help doing it. Here's the floor-- http://www.forboflooringna.com/Resid...rmoleum-Click/ __________________ Rich

10-14-2012, 10:40 PM	#3
pararich Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 709	Thanks for the vote of confidence, Jody! I like having fans like you! __________________ Rich

10-14-2012, 10:55 PM	#5
ZEN12many Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Woodland, CA, USA [Grew up in Benton Harbor, MI] Posts: 199	I'm rooting for you. (I would like to have a floating floor in my house, too, and have speculated whether my wife and I could do it). It seems to me the difficulties are having to bend over so much to do the job and having difficulty "tip-toeing" around the work as you complete the job. Keep us posted. __________________ TM 2004 T12 incomplete

10-14-2012, 10:56 PM	#6
wtf Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: silver state Posts: 3,341	Definitely, I'm sure you could do it. __________________ A dolla makes me holla, honey boo boo! - borrowed from Honey boo boo child

10-14-2012, 11:45 PM	#7
My395 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: California Posts: 825	My wife, 85 year old dad and myself have done about 1000ft of bamboo flooring in our place. It is time consuming but doing it ourselves saved a lot of money. I'm t10 incomplete. __________________ Adaptive Sports Forums.com http://adaptivesportsforums.com Non-commercial adaptive sports user community

10-14-2012, 10:37 PM	#2
jody Moderator Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: east o the southern warren Posts: 7,880	I think you could.

10-15-2012, 12:13 AM	#8
Curt Leatherbee Moderator Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Florida Posts: 9,383	It is not easy, I'm a T-4 complete and I've done it, it is hard because the wheelchair keeps getting in the way. You keep thinking, why can't I just stand on my legs and do this, it would be so much easier. Maybe you can hire a handyman type guy to do it fairly inexpensive, might be worth it to save yourself the frusteration. When I was younger I could do things like this more easily (still not easy though) now that I'm 54, forget it, not worth the frusteration and my body just does not like to bend the way it use to, it is a lot more stiff. __________________ "Life is about how you respond to not only the challenges you're dealt but the challenges you seek...If you have no goals, no mountains to climb, your soul dies".~Liz Fordred

10-15-2012, 11:17 AM	#9
baldfatdad Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 792	First thing you'll need is a Jay Protector. Bunch of tools. Book about how to do it from Lowes or Home Depot. Card board for patterns for curved parts. Patience.

10-15-2012, 02:29 PM	#10
SCIfor55yrs. Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Columbia, SC Posts: 5,368	Completing a challenge like that would certainly give a sense of satisfaction as well as save $. On the other hand I have done a few other projects that required a lot of floor activity. They were a real struggle. I am glad they could be completed in a couple of hours. Based on that experience I would prefer to supervise the job you described. __________________ "S.O.S. = Save our Shoulders" (click link) See me at: http://cccforum55.freehostia.com/

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