On Feb 16, 1:10*am, caledongrl wrote:
I am thinking of putting down pine plank flooring throughout the
living room instead of carpet. I was just at a friends house who had
it done 20 years ago, and the flooring looks incredible. *It seems to
be an economical way to do flooring, and having animals in the house,
would be better for wear and tear. I don't mind that the pine is soft
and will dent or scratch. That will add to the look. Their flooring
was put down with about a 1/4 inch space between the planks then there
was a filler put in that would allow for any expansion or contraction.
What is the filling that is used? Also, it looks like the floors where
screwed in - basically subsetting the screw then a dowel was put in on
top of the screw. I am assuming glued. Then was coated with
verathane? *Can you get these dowels pre-cut? Also is there a special
tool/drill that can be used to create the subset for screwing in the
floors? I want to do this myself rather than hire someone to do it.
Any suggestions?
thanks
janet

We used v grooved T+G pine for flooring in our cottage. We just
flipped the wood over (v groove down) and used a floor nailer. 4 coats
of varathane. Looks great 15 years later.