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I have also read that older pine floors were actually intended to be subfloors, with carpeting over them, by the original builders. So it's not necessarily true that they are an authentic feature of the home's aesthetics. [/quote]

This is true.  We're just about to go through the process of replacing the floors in our 1890s DC rowhouse.  Virtually all the houses in the neighborhood have had all original walls and fixtures removed as well as the floors replaced.  It doesn't seem to impact sales at all.

I would love to be able to just refinish them but they are over 100 years old and in poor shape.  There is significant termite damage that would necessitate pulling out most of the boards in one room and others are missing sections.

I grew up in Europe in a home that was 300 plus years old -- I appreciate older homes (though in my view my house is not historic).  Most homes in Europe evolve over the years.  The fashion with hardwood floors is recent -- the floors in most DC homes were designed as sub floors (in ours they definitely were) just as most molding was designed to be painted not to be stripped and stained.  I would never rip out my fire places, or 8 foot tall pocket doors but the floors really aren't worth saving and dont' add anything historic to the home in the condition they are in.  I anticipate that new floors will add to the value of our home.

OP if your floors are really in bad shape, I see no reason why you shouldn't replace them.  We are using handscraped pre finished wood which is beautiful.[/quote]

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