"N. Thornton" wrote in message
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"Adam" wrote in message
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Hi All,

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Is it worth trying to renovate them?

Yes, I had a floor like that, it wasn't hard.

Our other options appear to be
relaying boards, possibly recovered ones, or laying a laminate floor
on top - what would you suggest?

I think it took a day or so to do one small room. There are many
choices in how detailed you get, it depends on how new you want it to
look. New floors tend to look right out of place in old houses, I
prefer a floor thats cleaned up nicely, has the gaps and so on sorted
out, but that still shows at least some wear. It fits in
aesthetically.

As for laminates, first I think they look out of character in old
houses, second these old places normally only need a few planks
replacing here and there to get a good sound floor, and 3rd laminate
will look knackered after a while, whereas a trad floor will last a
century.

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Agree with NT - it's worth the effort if you like wooden floors.

On the point of replacement boards, it's well worth searching out secondhand
boards from relaimation yards and the like, or looking for boards recut from
old timbers.

Take along a sanded down sample of a board that you've removed, and try and
colour match with the replacements.

New boards from timber merchants are often different thicknesses (you won't
believe how much effort and time it takes to sand down thicker boards!) and
stick out like sore thumbs when things are refinished.

cheers
Richard


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