I currently have wood floors in all rooms but two. I used some spare time today to start the pine floor in the kids room. Really this is step 3. Step one was buying (cheap from Home Depot - about $1/sq ft). Step 2 was acclimatizing for 6 months. Step three is now planing. I bought approximately 170 sq ft of rough pine in 1x8x8', I have a 13" mastercraft planer from my brother-in-law. Not the best but it works. I used the planer to plane it down to 3/4" (0.756" actually). Took about 6 straight hours of work, as each pass took off only 1/32". Looks good and ready for the next steps: Jointing, Ripping, Tongue & Groove and finally the easy bit - installation. In the bottom picture below, the stacked wood right of the newly planed pine is the reclaimed/pallet douglas fir which will be the last bit of the puzzle and used in the master bedroom and kitchen floor.
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