The Renovation: sub-floor upstairs

At one point working with our architect, the dream got out of hand. We were going to increase the size of the dormer by one and half times, and re-engineer the roof to support this new feature. Eventually we scaled back everything to just the additional one-storey with a crawl space underneath. When we were in the middle of our grand renovation to the second floor, it included replacing the existing floor. We thought about hardwood, but given that it’s about 40′ by 15′, it wasn’t realistic. Once we had scaled back the plans, we contemplated putting in laminate wood flooring over the winter so that the upstairs would be finished before construction started downstairs.