Flooring Update I

So now that the wooden floors have been purchased and are awaiting placement in the Family Room. Chris has already gotten started on pulling up the nasty carpet that was there:

Unlike in the Kitchen and Dining Rooms, it appears that they put down a laminate floor prior to putting down the carpet:

It has a faux wood pattern to it, in 1 foot tiles. It is pretty awful. Better than the carpet, but just barely.  Chris is intent on ripping it up too, so that there is a level base to put the flooring on. Here is a small section he already did:

The black is actually the glue that was holding the old tiling down. It is otherwise concrete. Chris has made more progress than I expected in the first week, but there is still a long way to go.