On 18 Aug, 10:48, wrote:
I need to replace a couple of flooarboards in my dining room - the
problem is that I can't seem to locate replacement boards of the
correct thickness.

The existing boards are 22mm thick - and the only sizes I can get from
a timber merchant are 18mm or 28mm.

Has anyone ever had the same problem?
Any suggestions (other than going to a saw-mill have having a
few ,lengths custom machined?)

Thanks,
Mark.

Dear Mark

I endorse getting the boards from a decent timber merchant
or
getting them to plane them down to size which will only be a couple of
minutes
or
if you must get the bigger ones and plane the Floorboards where they
go over the joists

This was bog standard pracice up to about 1800 odd before boards
became standardised

Do not pack joists, cut joists etc if it can be avoided

Chris

PS Tip - look carefully at the end grain and see which way the curve
of the cross section of the tree is and put the board down with the
curve pointing up wards each side and dipping in the middle - the
cupping (movement making the board rise in the middle and v the
sides) will then be right on the floor board when it shrinks leaving
the high part in the middle and the edges down.