Floors

So I am in the Lake House now but the floors had to be done before I and our furniture arrived. First of all if I have not made it abundantly clear from early posts how nasty this house was let me go on a bit. These people who owned the house let several (I saw about 6 when we were viewing) have the run of the place so we have now completely gutted out part of the house. (The in law suite did not have cats in it so it is livable.) Anyway, Mister completely gutted it. So far he has tore out ever piece of carpet in the house and then he had to tear up almost all of the sub floor in the entire house as well b/c it was all pee soaked, and as if that was not bad enough…wait for it…it seeped into the drywall so in every frigging room the drywall had to be removed about 4 feet up from the floor and thrown out!!! We had to get new sub floor and new dry wall for the whole house right off the bat before we even moved in just so our movers would be able to have something to set out stuff down on!
We have not done any of the 4 bathrooms or the kitchen b/c they are getting completely gutted and nothing is salvageable in those rooms at all. These rooms are being done by professionals in a few months though and thank God there is not carpet in those rooms so we can clean them as good as we can an try to make due until the pros get here. It kind of sucks though b/c it still smells like cat in all the bathrooms even though there was no carpet and I know that under their cheap ass vinyl floor the subfloor is a nightmare and that under the hideous wall paper the drywall is rotted. I suggest you all buy stock in RENUZIT® PRODUCTS adjustable cones b/c I have them all over the bathrooms and the kitchen! Seriously! They are everywhere…I know I have a really sensitive nose but these people were nasty as hell! How could they live like this?
Anyway back to the floors. This is what Mister did:
1) Shook his head and cursed at how nasty these people were
2) Ripped up an entire house full of carpet. About 5000 sq ft
3) Saw in horror the damage to the underlayment and cursed prior owners again for their nastiness
4) Ripped up almost that much underlayment
5) Applied Simple Solution & Natures Miracle and good ole’ white vinegar to the salvageable underlayment and subfloor
6) Applied Zinsser shellac base sealant and cursed prior owners again while in a haze * Keep area well ventilated!!!
7) Laid new underlayment and subfloor
So the floors are all done now and ready for the hard wood and carpet. We will be getting ceramic, granite and marble for the kitchen and bathrooms but that will be done by the pros in a few months. So for now I get to live on lovely subfloor which is fine b/c at least it does not smell like cat!!! I truly had my doubts about the smell being gone but the above steps and all of Mister’s hard work really paid off!