2006 09 Kitchen Remodel

2006 09 23 Floor Starts

Today the floor work started. Under the slate floor is a material I had never heard of, "Durock". It's been around for a long time but I did not know about it. It's basically cement with many layers of nylon (or something similar) mesh. It can be worked with saws and drilled. It is fastened to the subfloor with screws. It's very heavy. In the past tile or slate was laid on cement that was poured into the spaces between floor joists, making for an even heavier more difficult to deal with floor.