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Default Reducing thickness of reclaimed parquet flooring

On 04/03/15 13:00, GB wrote:
On 04/03/2015 12:42, Tim Watts wrote:
On 04/03/15 12:39, wrote:
Hi We have taken our hall parquet up and want to put it in the living
room - we have loads so we know it wont be an issue of running out!

We are looking at using a thicknesser to run them all through - any
recommendations on the best type to go for (and not cost the earth)
to even them out and remove the bitumen? Many thanks


I think a thicknesser is going to get gummed up by the bitumen.



Screwfix do a Titan thicknesser for £150, but HSS will hire you one for
about a third of that for a week. I'm not sure what happens if you burn
it out and return it covered in bitumen?


I think you'd get a monster surcharge for having the machine stripped
and cleaned!

An alternative idea:

Can teh OP do a rough clean (hand scrape), lay as is (the hot bitumen
should bond to any residual left) and then sand the surface flat with a
floor sander?