"Max" wrote in message
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Please allow me to share a few universal, immutable Truths about the
wood flooring found in older homes.

i found 4d or 5d nails -- facenailed into every
flooring strip, at every joist for a grand total of . . . 1500+
nails. The floor cannot be refinished in this condition, and it cannot
be simply patched, as every face nail needs to be removed before i can
sand, which effectively means every strip has to be pulled up.

Bought my first house in 1966. It was built in 1948. Hardwood floors
covered with carpeting. Fashionable people that we were, we replaced it
with new wall to wall carpeting. Hey, there are a few squeaks in the floor,
but I can get rid of them ! ! !. Not as many as yours, but I put in maybe
50 nails or so. Then the carpeting covered it all.
Ed