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Professional tile and laminate flooring installation in Milwaukie, Oregon

Bragg Construction and Remodeling has been providing professional Tile flooring installations for over 30 years.  The old vinyl floor was removed.  The dry rot and carpenter ant damage were repaired, (and exterminated).  New cement board has been glued and nailed to the repaired sub floor.  The Tile flooring has been professionally installed.

Cement board subflooring ready for tile

Cement board subflooring ready for tile

Properly undercutting a door jam and casing

A piece of the tile and 2 paint sticks help to determine the thickness of the finished floor.  The tile acts as a spacer and a guide, the paint sticks allow for the thickness of the cement adhesive.

Undercutting a door jam and casing to make room for tile

Undercutting a door jam and casing to make room for tile

Properly make height adjustment to allow room for mortor:

The under cut is complete, the tile is cut, time to check the fit.

Spacing sticks make room for mortor for correct casing cutting

Spacing sticks make room for mortor for correct casing cutting

Confirm fit of properly notched tile to slide under the casing:

The tile is cut and “dry fit” to be sure that it will easily slide under the jamb and casing.

Properly cut tile slides under door jam

Properly cut tile slides under door jam

One Final Tile to be Cut and Set:

Here is the other side of the door and the final tile will be cut and set in mortor.

Cement board, embedded metal transition piece, ready for last piece of tile and grout

Cement board, embedded metal transition piece, ready for last piece of tile

Cement Board Ready for Tile Setting

Cement board, glued and nailed, fiberglass mesh tape on the seams,  pencil guide lines, ready to set tile.

Cement board subflooring ready for tile

Cement board sub flooring ready for tile  (1)

The Finish Tile Floor

The tile floor is completed with motor and silicone sealer.

Completely finished tile floor in kitchen

Completely finished tile floor in kitchen that is waterproof and indestructible which is always a good recommendation for a kitchen or bath

Turning to the Laminate Floor in the Living Room:

The kitchen got a new tile floor and the living room got a new laminate floor.

 

Continuation of laminate flooring installation in Mailwaukie living room

Continuation of laminate flooring installation in Milwaukie living room

Repairing Carpenter Ant Damage and Dry Rot Repair in Milwaukie Oregon

Water damage causes dry rot. Dry rot is an invitation to Carpenter Ants. Once you’ve got Carpenter Ants eating away at your home you’ve got trouble. The downward spiral continues to feed the dry rot and colony of Carpenter Ants. Carpenter Ants can do thousands of dollars of damage to your home. They eat wood to make room to build their nests which weakens the structure of your home. You’ve got to remove the dry rot to get rid of the Carpenter Ants.

Floor Framing with Caprenter Ant in Milwaukie, Oregon Home

Floor Framing with Caprenter Ants in Milwaukie, Oregon Home

Remove the finished flooring:

  One of the most common places for dry rot to start in your home is near Kitchen and Bathroom fixtures.  Often a very small leak will begin the downward spiral.

Reveal the subfloor to determine the extent of damage:

    The only good news about dry rot and Carpenter ant damage is the opportunity to get a new floor.  In an older home it may already be time for a new floor so . .  let the work begin.  First the old floor must be removed to expose the sub floor and the extent of the damage.  This project had an ugly vinyl floor with a chip board, (particle board sub floor).

Removal of Subfloor revealing Carpenter Ant damage

Removal of Subfloor revealing Carpenter Ant damage

Remove the damaged framing:

Another bit of good news on this project is that the carpenter and and dry rot damage was only about 2 square feet.  Since this was an active nest an exterminator was brought in to destroy the ants.

Damaged subfloor removed and ready for repair

Damaged subfloor removed and ready for repair

Replace the subflooring:

  Bragg Construction and Remodeling builds Tile floors to last.  Tile Floors are very durable if built on top of a cement sub floor.  We glue the cement floor to the sub floor and nail with ring shank nails.  Notice the pencil lines with a suggested lay out for the 1 x 2 tiles.

Cement board subflooring ready for tile

Cement board subflooring ready for tile

Install a new flooring:

The skills of the Master carpenter are also useful in the installation of tile.  Notice the professional product:  Undercut door jambs and casings, Good layout, and Straight lines make for a professional installation.

Completely finished tile floor in kitchen

Completely finished tile floor in kitchen

The finished Product:

   The best choice for Laundry rooms, bathrooms and some kitchens is a quality, professionally installed, tile floor.