On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:57:28 +0000, Chris Bacon
wrote:

marble wrote:

The best way to match is to use boards from the same house.

Maybe.


If you run a circular saw

1)

down the toungs and accross the boards at
the ends


The blade height should be set at the thickness of the boards.

2)

they wont be difficult to lift. If you do 2 boards at a time
then you save one of the boards toungs ( the toung

3)

in the middle of
the 2 boards ). When you replace say 3 damaged boards you will find
you need 3 1/4 boards to make it a tight fit.

4)

Fill the old redundant
nail holes with splinter size off cuts hammerd in with some PVA.

5)

Use
counter sunk screws on any boards you might need to lift in the
future.

OK.

I'd use varnish, recently I used Acrylic but I believe there
is a binary varnish

6)

that sets harder, Rustins or something like that.


1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6): *WHAT*? No way.

Yes way, it works fine!
Go on, whats your alternative?