B and Q? Or will I have to look more local?

All the floorboards in my room are different sizes - I guess I will have to
give them exact measurements? (width, height and thickness?) and they can
cut them to order?

Is there a cheap material you can buy to put on top of floorboards to make
the floor totally flat?

In article , "mo" nospam says...
B and Q? Or will I have to look more local?

All the floorboards in my room are different sizes - I guess I will have to
give them exact measurements? (width, height and thickness?) and they can
cut them to order?

You are joking? There are specialists who will make floorboards to
match old ones, but not usually on a board-by-board basis.

Is there a cheap material you can buy to put on top of floorboards to make
the floor totally flat?

Plywood. But if the floor is that irregular it might be better to
replace the whole lot.

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:28:20 +0100, "mo" nospam wrote:

| B and Q? Or will I have to look more local?
|
| All the floorboards in my room are different sizes - I guess I will have to
| give them exact measurements? (width, height and thickness?) and they can
| cut them to order?

Laver's http://www.laver.co.uk sell all types of wood, mainly to the trade
but IME the sell to the public.


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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:08:11 +0100, Rob Morley wrote:

| In article , "mo" nospam says...
| B and Q? Or will I have to look more local?
|
| All the floorboards in my room are different sizes - I guess I will have to
| give them exact measurements? (width, height and thickness?) and they can
| cut them to order?
|
| You are joking? There are specialists who will make floorboards to
| match old ones, but not usually on a board-by-board basis.
|
| Is there a cheap material you can buy to put on top of floorboards to make
| the floor totally flat?
|
| Plywood. But if the floor is that irregular it might be better to
| replace the whole lot.

Hire an industrial sander, but punch the nails below the surface first.

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mo wrote:
B and Q? Or will I have to look more local?

All the floorboards in my room are different sizes - I guess I will
have to give them exact measurements? (width, height and thickness?)
and they can cut them to order?

Is there a cheap material you can buy to put on top of floorboards to
make the floor totally flat?

I would suggest a local builders yard or wood yard.
B&Q are expensive when it comes to wood and I have found wood is cheaper at
the wood yard,thats locally by me though.

I would suggest a local builders yard or wood yard.
B&Q are expensive when it comes to wood and I have found wood is cheaper
at
the wood yard,thats locally by me though.

I found the opposite. B&Q were about 2/3rds the price of the local timber
yard for floorboards. Also, the timber yard would only sell random lengths
and stated flatly that no-one would sell me floorboards in regular lengths.
The conservatory I needed them for has a metal framed construction that
required no joins, and B&Q had fixed lengths only 15cm longer than I needed.
The decision was a no-brainer, really.

Christian.

"Christian McArdle" wrote in message
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I would suggest a local builders yard or wood yard.
B&Q are expensive when it comes to wood and I have found wood is cheaper
at
the wood yard,thats locally by me though.

I found the opposite. B&Q were about 2/3rds the price of the local timber
yard for floorboards. Also, the timber yard would only sell random lengths
and stated flatly that no-one would sell me floorboards in regular
lengths.
The conservatory I needed them for has a metal framed construction that
required no joins, and B&Q had fixed lengths only 15cm longer than I
needed.
The decision was a no-brainer, really.

Christian.

FWIW ... I bought some boards from B&Q -fixed length pack of 5?-
the pack fitted into a hatchback and I needed them in a hurry.

I then purchased a load from a (fairly) local timber supplier
STAMCO. They allowed me to purchase n lengths of n mtrs and
y lengths of y mtrs ... they sold me what I needed to their
nearest 'standard' length. [Know anybody that needs lots of
100-odd mm pieces of floorboards?] Delivery charges is waived
if one purchases more than £35(?) of goods. Delivered straight
to the door - I ordered it on Saturday morning and it was
delivered on Tuesday morning {by the time I ordered it the
Monday's run had been filled].

{Incidentally; I purchased picture-rail mouldings from
Travis Perkins, I had the dimensions of the walls and chimney
breast cum alcoves - the guy sorted out lengths of mouldings
that'd "just do it" allowing for mitring etc. By the time I'd
finished the 'wastage' was about six inches long if joined end-to-end.
Once again; they supplied what I wanted to the nearest standard
length).

It's horses for courses.


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Brian Sharrock wrote:
I then purchased a load from a (fairly) local timber supplier
STAMCO. They allowed me to purchase n lengths of n mtrs and
y lengths of y mtrs ... they sold me what I needed to their
nearest 'standard' length. [Know anybody that needs lots of
100-odd mm pieces of floorboards?] Delivery charges is waived
if one purchases more than £35(?) of goods. Delivered straight
to the door - I ordered it on Saturday morning and it was
delivered on Tuesday morning {by the time I ordered it the
Monday's run had been filled].

Delivery is quite an advantage. I've never found a BM or
timber merchant that won't supply particular lengths (to
the nearest 300mm), although many won't if it leaves a
too-short length over.


{Incidentally; I purchased picture-rail mouldings from
Travis Perkins, I had the dimensions of the walls and chimney
breast cum alcoves - the guy sorted out lengths of mouldings
that'd "just do it" allowing for mitring etc. By the time I'd
finished the 'wastage' was about six inches long if joined end-to-end.
Once again; they supplied what I wanted to the nearest standard
length).

I have found TP rather expensive (a trade card helps a bit though).

It's horses for courses.

Yup.

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:28:20 +0100, "mo" nospam wrote:

B and Q? Or will I have to look more local?

All the floorboards in my room are different sizes - I guess I will have to
give them exact measurements? (width, height and thickness?) and they can
cut them to order?

Is there a cheap material you can buy to put on top of floorboards to make
the floor totally flat?

Are you going to put carpet on top? or vinyl? If so use
hardboard...it's very cheap and it works perfectly.

Mr F.

"mo" nospam wrote in message ...
B and Q? Or will I have to look more local?

I always use a timber merchant in preferance to a shed. IMO B&Q and other
sheds are only there for when you run out of something between noon Saturday
and Sunday evening.

All the floorboards in my room are different sizes - I guess I will have
to give them exact measurements? (width, height and thickness?) and they
can cut them to order?

A timber merchant will, but you will incur cutting charges. It is better to
buy the next standard length up and cut them yourself. If you need
non-standard widths and / or thicknesses, then you will need to order in
advance and pay the machining costs.

Is there a cheap material you can buy to put on top of floorboards to make
the floor totally flat?

If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
answer is flooring quality chipboard. For a really flat finish, screw the
chipboard down, using countersunk screws in deeply countersunk holes, fill
the holes and the slight gaps between the boards and sand smooth. However,
that is really only necessary if you are putting something on top that will
show imperfections, like the cork I put down in my bathroom. Carpet does not
need the extra work.

Colin Bignell

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:07:46 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert my surname
here.uk.com wrote:

| If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
| answer is flooring quality chipboard.

Not in bathrooms or kitchens.

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Dave Fawthrop wrote:
"nightjar" wrote:
| If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
| answer is flooring quality chipboard.

Not in bathrooms or kitchens.

Why not? I've chipboard in my kitchen, admittedly
under some "tiles".

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:23:12 +0100, Chris Bacon
wrote:

| Dave Fawthrop wrote:
| "nightjar" wrote:
| | If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
| | answer is flooring quality chipboard.
|
| Not in bathrooms or kitchens.
|
| Why not? I've chipboard in my kitchen, admittedly
| under some "tiles".

They do not appreciate water. A little bit and then dry off no problem, a
small leak which you did not notice big problem.

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Dave Fawthrop wrote:
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:23:12 +0100, Chris Bacon
wrote:

| Dave Fawthrop wrote:
| "nightjar" wrote:
| | If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
| | answer is flooring quality chipboard.
|
| Not in bathrooms or kitchens.
|
| Why not? I've chipboard in my kitchen, admittedly
| under some "tiles".

They do not appreciate water. A little bit and then dry off no problem, a
small leak which you did not notice big problem.

Interesting, I've had a sheet of flooring chipboard
covering up something outside for the last year or
so. It looks exactly the same as it did then.
Caberfloor P5 IIRC.

In article ,
lid says...
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:23:12 +0100, Chris Bacon
wrote:

| Dave Fawthrop wrote:
| "nightjar" wrote:
| | If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
| | answer is flooring quality chipboard.
|
| Not in bathrooms or kitchens.
|
| Why not? I've chipboard in my kitchen, admittedly
| under some "tiles".

They do not appreciate water. A little bit and then dry off no problem, a
small leak which you did not notice big problem.


The green stuff isn't so bad.

"Mr Fizzion" wrote in message
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All the floorboards in my room are different sizes - I guess I will have to
give them exact measurements? (width, height and thickness?) and they can
cut them to order?

What exactly is the problem?

Is there a cheap material you can buy to put on top of floorboards?
Are you going to put carpet on top? or vinyl? If so use hardboard.

The hardboard needs to be wetted quite thoroughly before fixing to the
boards with tacks.The idea of wetting it is that when it shrinks it will
go into tension against the tacks and wil not buckle if it stretches in
the future.

Don't waste too much time having extremely well cut joints and borders,
you will have to cover the hardboard as it is not wear resisitant.


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"Dave Fawthrop" wrote in message
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On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:07:46 +0100, "nightjar" nightjar@insert my
surname
here.uk.com wrote:

| If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
| answer is flooring quality chipboard.

Not in bathrooms or kitchens.

I used the green water resistant stuff in a workshop where the floor got wet
enough to rot the timber floorboards, about 20 years ago. It was still in
good condition when I sold the property last year.

Colin Bignell

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:11:45 +0100, Chris Bacon
wrote:

| Dave Fawthrop wrote:
| On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:23:12 +0100, Chris Bacon
| wrote:
|
| | Dave Fawthrop wrote:
| | "nightjar" wrote:
| | | If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
| | | answer is flooring quality chipboard.
| |
| | Not in bathrooms or kitchens.
| |
| | Why not? I've chipboard in my kitchen, admittedly
| | under some "tiles".
|
| They do not appreciate water. A little bit and then dry off no problem, a
| small leak which you did not notice big problem.
|
| Interesting, I've had a sheet of flooring chipboard
| covering up something outside for the last year or
| so. It looks exactly the same as it did then.
| Caberfloor P5 IIRC.

I had a bit supporting the hot water cylinder, it was fine for 25 years
but a leak developed around coil from the boiler, which was covered by the
lagging, so I missed it. I suddenly found the cylinder was an inch lower
than it should have been. Quickly shored it up, but it sort of brought
forward a planned move to a combi boiler ;-)

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"nightjar" nightjar@insert my surname here.uk.com wrote:

If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
answer is flooring quality chipboard.

Chipboard? Despite its wide use by crappy mass market builders, in an
extensive survey it was ranked just above cardboard, candy floss and
razor blades as the cheapest, nastiest and most unsuitable material
ever created for floors.

The only good use for chipboard is bonfire material and its not much
use for that either.


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Matt wrote:
"nightjar" wrote:
If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
answer is flooring quality chipboard.

Chipboard? Despite its wide use by crappy mass market builders, in an
extensive survey it was ranked just above cardboard, candy floss and
razor blades as the cheapest, nastiest and most unsuitable material
ever created for floors.

It can be very good, if you get moisture-resistant stuff, like
the stuff under my kitchen floor "tiles".

"Matt" wrote in message
...
"nightjar" nightjar@insert my surname here.uk.com wrote:

If you are replacing the floorboards and want a flat floor, the simplest
answer is flooring quality chipboard.

Chipboard? Despite its wide use by crappy mass market builders, in an
extensive survey it was ranked just above cardboard, candy floss and
razor blades as the cheapest, nastiest and most unsuitable material
ever created for floors.

An extensive survey by whom and judged against what criteria? It has proven
very reliable, with industrial loading, for a mezzanine in one of my
factories. Of course, what I used is of rather better quality than you would
buy from a shed.

Colin Bignell