Greetings from Fairfield, Iowa! This week we Remove old carpet in the Parlor to reveal our original 1896 wood floors, as we continue to prepare for our new mantle.
Carpet and staple removal, shows all. Once I did that and it seemed like one spot had water stains from a big potted plant. I so enjoy seeing your progress on this beautiful home.
I love, love, love the window and all the decorative wood around it! Soo pretty. I was wondering if the water damage was from a former radiator that malfunctioned, OR since you said the boiler room is underneath, could there possibly have been damage from steam that wasn't directed out of the basement properly? Just me thinking outloud. In any case I think hardwood floors would be beautiful in there.
Hearth is pronounced “harth.” Those stains on the floor are from water damage from where there was a wall or ceiling leak at some point. Love what you guys are doing with the house! ❤
Oh my goodness. That floor is in bad shape. Doesn’t look like it was ever finished. You might consider scraping all of it and having new oak floor boards put in by a pro and done properly. If you are going to spend money, this would be the room to do it in since it is basically all for “show”. It sets the tone for the rest of the house as a visitor is welcomed inside. Good luck with whatever you decide.
Found.... Middle English word In Middle English, Herth had multiple meanings, including: A fireplace, hearth, or brazier A furnace or forge A tax levied on householders
Most Barber homes had wall-to-wall carpeting. Quite the luxurious touch back then. The typical hardwood tongue and groove we all know and is a 20th century thing. It's quite possible that that room was always carpeted, as there would be a heck of a lot more nail holes in straight lines all across the floor if hard wood had been nailed down on top Was the rest of the house framed with cut (square) or wire (round) nails? Flooring nails are still square.
@natesteiner5460 there are 4" finishing nails throughout with added 2 1/2" flathead added when the hearth was removed and are found more random on the floor and used on all the patching
You can bleach the stains lighter, then do a darker stain all together to make it match better. You can also add a huge persian rug that looks to that time period and would look stunning. Cant wait to see it done!
I expected a floor like we found in our Cape Girardeau Victorian and our Oak Park, IL Victorian, narrow oak, finished at the edges, but not in the middle, where the rug would have been. I would cover that floor with oak. In our current house, we had narrow oak in the living room that we refinished, crap in the dining room (I am not even sure what it had been in the past in that room.) that we covered with modern oak, and pine upstairs that we refinished. The pine looked OK, but I would not have liked it in the dining room.
That's what I was going to say! I think you mean hearth, like "heart" but with a "th" at the end. You must be a reader, instead of having heard it pronounced. Anyways, you are doing a spectacular job. Finally, this house has the owners it deserves. Well done, both of you, on everything.
Herth? I live in Iowa and grew up in Indiana so I’m thinking you are referring to hearth (harth)? Just checking as I’ve never heard the word herth. Love seeing the elements of the house
When they took out the tile what flooring did they use to replace or was the flooring in entry under the tile because it looks like tonque and groove oak not pine
@33dodge97 so the entire flooring downstairs was all the same as what we showed in the parlor. After the marble was removed the carpeting and padding was just laid on top. The foyer got new oak in the 2000s
Hurth? I've never heard of that before. It looks like the original floor was removed? Would they have had wall to wall wool carpet when it was new? Very interesting 👌 👍
@WLM596 we do know that when the house sold in 1964 it was just the wood floor we see here and was told by that owner that they just had individual rugs throughout the house from the previous owner who had the house the longest 1913 to 1962. So 1964 was the first time it got wall to wall.
Right. Most of the time people would just carpet over parquet flooring. It’s not likely it would have been removed before laying down carpet. Makes me think it was carpet in there in the 1890’s when the house was built.
Carpet and staple removal, shows all. Once I did that and it seemed like one spot had water stains from a big potted plant. I so enjoy seeing your progress on this beautiful home.
I love the ragtime, honky-tonk music you use. Spot on!
It’s always a surprise and more work! It will be lovely when done.
I love, love, love the window and all the decorative wood around it! Soo pretty. I was wondering if the water damage was from a former radiator that malfunctioned, OR since you said the boiler room is underneath, could there possibly have been damage from steam that wasn't directed out of the basement properly? Just me thinking outloud. In any case I think hardwood floors would be beautiful in there.
Awesome job that you are doing! It's going to beautiful!
Hearth is pronounced “harth.” Those stains on the floor are from water damage from where there was a wall or ceiling leak at some point. Love what you guys are doing with the house! ❤
Our house was built in 1885, our floors are hardwood down stairs an tongue an grooved up stairs. Out of 2 fire places 1 remains.
Boy the stain by the wall to the left, looks like two heads.😅😮
@@bettytuohy9875 I thought that as well
Oh my goodness. That floor is in bad shape. Doesn’t look like it was ever finished. You might consider scraping all of it and having new oak floor boards put in by a pro and done properly. If you are going to spend money, this would be the room to do it in since it is basically all for “show”. It sets the tone for the rest of the house as a visitor is welcomed inside. Good luck with whatever you decide.
Found....
Middle English word
In Middle English, Herth had multiple meanings, including:
A fireplace, hearth, or brazier
A furnace or forge
A tax levied on householders
Most Barber homes had wall-to-wall carpeting. Quite the luxurious touch back then. The typical hardwood tongue and groove we all know and is a 20th century thing. It's quite possible that that room was always carpeted, as there would be a heck of a lot more nail holes in straight lines all across the floor if hard wood had been nailed down on top Was the rest of the house framed with cut (square) or wire (round) nails? Flooring nails are still square.
@natesteiner5460 ill have to revisit the Barber magazines American Homes for examples most references I find have wall to wall beginning in the 1930s
@natesteiner5460 there are 4" finishing nails throughout with added 2 1/2" flathead added when the hearth was removed and are found more random on the floor and used on all the patching
@@JamesABeckHouse wool wall to wall was popular with the wealthy even back in the 1880s
You can bleach the stains lighter, then do a darker stain all together to make it match better. You can also add a huge persian rug that looks to that time period and would look stunning. Cant wait to see it done!
@@lorietipton1717 that’s the current plan. Thanks for watching
I expected a floor like we found in our Cape Girardeau Victorian and our Oak Park, IL Victorian, narrow oak, finished at the edges, but not in the middle, where the rug would have been. I would cover that floor with oak. In our current house, we had narrow oak in the living room that we refinished, crap in the dining room (I am not even sure what it had been in the past in that room.) that we covered with modern oak, and pine upstairs that we refinished. The pine looked OK, but I would not have liked it in the dining room.
That's what I was going to say! I think you mean hearth, like "heart" but with a "th" at the end. You must be a reader, instead of having heard it pronounced. Anyways, you are doing a spectacular job. Finally, this house has the owners it deserves. Well done, both of you, on everything.
Herth? I live in Iowa and grew up in Indiana so I’m thinking you are referring to hearth (harth)? Just checking as I’ve never heard the word herth. Love seeing the elements of the house
He said it correctly
@@joycedudzinski9415 interesting as I’ve never heard that pronunciation in my 65 yrs living in the Midwest,
@@joycedudzinski9415 I looked it up. In Scotland and England it’s herth. In the US it’s harth
When they took out the tile what flooring did they use to replace or was the flooring in entry under the tile because it looks like tonque and groove oak not pine
@33dodge97 so the entire flooring downstairs was all the same as what we showed in the parlor. After the marble was removed the carpeting and padding was just laid on top. The foyer got new oak in the 2000s
Hurth? I've never heard of that before. It looks like the original floor was removed? Would they have had wall to wall wool carpet when it was new? Very interesting 👌 👍
@WLM596 we do know that when the house sold in 1964 it was just the wood floor we see here and was told by that owner that they just had individual rugs throughout the house from the previous owner who had the house the longest 1913 to 1962. So 1964 was the first time it got wall to wall.
@@JamesABeckHouse that was never a finished floor.
That was never a finished floor
Right. Most of the time people would just carpet over parquet flooring. It’s not likely it would have been removed before laying down carpet. Makes me think it was carpet in there in the 1890’s when the house was built.
@@Thazo79 wool carpet was the epitome of luxury during the period that home was built.