Floors going in slowly but surely

With the kitchen cabinets delivered Friday, Aug 17th, and schedule to be installed beginning Monday, we're rushing to finish the floors in the South half of the house (family room, kitchen, dining room). I took a few days off work, despite some hectic work schedules and projects ongoing, to make sure enough is completed for the kitchen work to continue.

Here are a few pictures of the in-progress installation and finally, a couple pictures of what we have complete right now.

Here I am working the power nailer. Unfortunately, Brazilian Cherry is almost 2x as hard as Red or White Oak. This is great for durability, but it makes installation a pain in the butt. The wood is too hard for the power nailer to fully drive the nail into the tongue of the planks. This means I have to go by hand and set every single nail. Ugh. You can see the hardness ratings of hardwoods at the following link:

The Janka Hardness Scale



Measure twice, cut once!


And here is what it looks like in a larger room: