Solid ground

I've often talked about the importance of having solid ground beneath me.  I meant something more akin to knowing where I stand on a given issue or feeling confident that I'd made the right choice than the literal ground...being solid.  In this case I mean it is literally "very important" because, for example urine soaked particle board is not okay, neither is carpet in a kitchen, nor linoleum tile in a bedroom or tongue and groove flooring that has been refinished so many times that the tongue is exposed.

Yuck, urine soaked particle board is just yuck.

That goes for carpet in a kitchen as well...yuck.

Linoleum mastic is not my friend.

The Turret bedroom floor was ravaged.  The floor joists were also stretching too broad a span for their size.  The floor dipped several inches and was very spongy to walk on.

Hard wood in the Turret bedroom.

The hallway was in the same shape as the turret bedroom and is now hardwood as well.

The original pine flooring we revealed under too many layers was so lovely we just refinished it in most of the rooms.

Wow, I love this floor in the Master bedroom.  It just glows.

The stairs, and first floor got a buff and recoat.  They look awesome.