The First Boards

Ted and Co. starting to lay the flooring yesterday.  The floors will run front to back in the house because the floor joists run side to side. The boys first nailed down the board length that is against the side wall.  That board length has plugs, or dowels, over the nails.  Ted explained that they nail the first board length down because they side nail the rest of the boards.  The process involves slamming the boards with a mallet to push them up against the board next to them.  If he didn't nail the first board down, it would move.  So, with the exception of the first board length in each room, the floor floats over the joists.

Oh, and as Ted says, he has meticulous Jeremy back:

Jeremy went to Minnesota for a couple of weeks.  Now, our quality control is back.