Should we put in flooring 1st or wall materials?
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Flooring goes in last in any remodel. You wouldn't want a new floor to get damaged during demolition and renovation.
Flooring last
Start at the top and work down - Flooring Last!
Flooring last. But also this is my dream! I'm so jealous of your little house.
They all may be correct above , but if the floor was down first , then the walls to it , I would think any cold air below the floor could not come up inside the house ! All the other respondents way they suggested , cold may want to "seep" between the walls and floor !
I would suggest wall materials before hardwood so that you do not get paint and other material onto the new wood. I just did a special finish with several layers of paint on my walls and had the hardwood floor installed last. If I had done it the other way around, it would have been a disaster. Same with carpet only worse! :-)
Have to agree...walls first
flooring first so you can put baseboards on top...and run the flooring all the way under any kind of cabinets, dishwasher etc, you can protect it with paper...
If this house is already an year round residence then I would assume that it has insulation. If not , you need to insulate the walls, put subfloor down 1/8th from walls , then studs with pressure treated floorplates that have mould resistant underlaying then put up drywall then flooring then trim
As a flooring retailer, the floors are always the very last material to install. Electrician final, drywall, carpenter, plumber, painter and we even go as far as landscaping before the floors go in. Some goober with muddy boots always takesa short cut through the house to get to the back yard! (No offense to the landscaping profession!!!)
subflooring, insulation, vapor barrier, walls then flooring. you don't want heavy tools dropped onto your brand new tiles, breaking a few
I am hearing a lot of great advice-LOVE this site!!! So it sort of goes from the floor up, then back down to the final floor covering and detail last. Off grid...are you doing that in Tennessee? Beautiful place!
subflooring, then walls and lastly flooring. Then baseboard and trim.
I watch a few design/remodel shows (you know the channels) and I've always wondered why they put the floors down first, then cover them with plastic or paper to finish the walls. I'm sure there is a reason - maybe it's related to when the trades can do the job, but it's seems very backward to me. Like many have said, if it were my house (new or remodeled), I would put down the sub-floors (need something to walk on), then all the wall stuff, including crown molding. I'd finish the floors & baseboards after all of that.
And just to be totally reactionary - I don't like stainless steel appliances or granite counter tops and I don't want an island in my kitchen.
I agree with several of the people who detailed specific orders which of course means finish flooring last.
Firstly, Good Luck! Sencondly, WALLS first! I have just spent 6 months trying to protect my beautiful new wood floors as I did everything else! I was barely successful and did get quite a few boo boos on my newly refinished floors. My mistake!
Finish floor last always.
I agree with the walls first and floors last. Have you considered panelling rather than drywall? It is more in keeping with a natural theme, less expensive and time-consuming on the installation.