Flooring, Drywall & Interior Finishes in Woodland Hills
Walls first, floor finish last: the order of work for original floors, plaster and new drywall in older Woodland Hills houses.
Original floors get covered with rosin paper and hardboard before a single sheet of drywall comes in, and they stay covered until the last wall is sanded. Only then are the floors sanded and sealed, which is why the sequence in a Woodland Hills house runs walls first and floor finish last. Reversing it would put fine dust into a fresh coating.
Protecting before building
The first day on site is spent on cover. Floors get paper and hardboard, door openings get zip barriers, and returns and vents are taped shut so dust stays in the working room. Framing repairs and rough wiring or plumbing come next, then inspection, then insulation where the wall calls for it. Board is hung and taped in the dry rooms before humid ones. We keep the order written in the scope, so a homeowner can see what is happening in each stage of the job.
Finishing in sequence
After the final sanding of joint compound and a vacuum of every surface, the covering comes up and the floors are sanded to bare wood. A stain or sealer goes down once the dust has settled, followed by finish coats with drying time between them. Baseboards and paint touch-up wait until the floor has cured enough to walk on in socks. The point of this order is simple: each trade works on a clean surface and leaves a clean one behind for the next.
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Typically, if the boards have wood to spare over the tongue. A look at one board edge settles it. Planks beyond saving get matched from stock set aside, and refinishing happens only after all the wall work is done.
Keep plaster that is bonded and sound, since patching it is quicker than rebuilding a wall. Switch to drywall where walls must open for wiring and pipe. Either way, the patching and board work happens before the floors are touched.
Check first. Floors of older resilient tile may hold asbestos in the tile or in the adhesive below it, and a lab analysis is what settles the question. We hold off on scraping until the report arrives, and plan the removal around what it says.
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