I'm planning to sand the floorboards in our dining room but some have
been damaged during central heating installation.
If I get some old floorboards from the reclamation yard will they be a
reasonable colour match when sanded or should I try and take some up
from another room which will be carpeted (this is a bit of a pain as
they are nailed solidly and get damaged when lifting)?
I'm not sure yet whether to oil/wax/varnish the sanded floorboards.

If you buy from a reclamation yard, I think after sanding the wood may well be a different color. Varnishing will probably make all the wood the same color.

Perhaps you colud take floorboards up from another room by hammering the existing nails right through the board then just slide the tongue/groove out.

On 23 Jan 2006 00:42:56 -0800, wrote:

I'm planning to sand the floorboards in our dining room but some have
been damaged during central heating installation.
If I get some old floorboards from the reclamation yard will they be a
reasonable colour match when sanded or should I try and take some up
from another room which will be carpeted (this is a bit of a pain as
they are nailed solidly and get damaged when lifting)?
I'm not sure yet whether to oil/wax/varnish the sanded floorboards.

The best way to match is to use boards from the same house.

If you run a circular saw down the toungs and accross the boards at
the ends they wont be difficult to lift. If you do 2 boards at a time
then you save one of the boards toungs ( the toung in the middle of
the 2 boards ). When you replace say 3 damaged boards you will find
you need 3 1/4 boards to make it a tight fit. Fill the old redundant
nail holes with splinter size off cuts hammerd in with some PVA. Use
counter sunk screws on any boards you might need to lift in the
future. I'd use varnish, recently I used Acrylic but I believe there
is a binary varnish that sets harder, Rustins or something like that.

marble wrote:
jgkgolf wrote:
I'm planning to sand the floorboards in our dining room but some have
been damaged during central heating installation.
If I get some old floorboards from the reclamation yard will they be a
reasonable colour match when sanded or should I try and take some up
from another room which will be carpeted (this is a bit of a pain as
they are nailed solidly and get damaged when lifting)?
I'm not sure yet whether to oil/wax/varnish the sanded floorboards.

The best way to match is to use boards from the same house.

Maybe.


If you run a circular saw

1)

down the toungs and accross the boards at
the ends

2)

they wont be difficult to lift. If you do 2 boards at a time
then you save one of the boards toungs ( the toung

3)

in the middle of
the 2 boards ). When you replace say 3 damaged boards you will find
you need 3 1/4 boards to make it a tight fit.

4)

Fill the old redundant
nail holes with splinter size off cuts hammerd in with some PVA.

5)

Use
counter sunk screws on any boards you might need to lift in the
future.

OK.

I'd use varnish, recently I used Acrylic but I believe there
is a binary varnish

6)

that sets harder, Rustins or something like that.


1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6): *WHAT*? No way.

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:57:28 +0000, Chris Bacon
wrote:

marble wrote:

The best way to match is to use boards from the same house.

Maybe.


If you run a circular saw

1)

down the toungs and accross the boards at
the ends


The blade height should be set at the thickness of the boards.

2)

they wont be difficult to lift. If you do 2 boards at a time
then you save one of the boards toungs ( the toung

3)

in the middle of
the 2 boards ). When you replace say 3 damaged boards you will find
you need 3 1/4 boards to make it a tight fit.

4)

Fill the old redundant
nail holes with splinter size off cuts hammerd in with some PVA.

5)

Use
counter sunk screws on any boards you might need to lift in the
future.

OK.

I'd use varnish, recently I used Acrylic but I believe there
is a binary varnish

6)

that sets harder, Rustins or something like that.


1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6): *WHAT*? No way.

Yes way, it works fine!
Go on, whats your alternative?

On Mon, 23 Jan 2006 22:57:28 +0000, Chris Bacon
wrote:




1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6): *WHAT*? No way.

Ah I remember you!
I bet you think they should use ( chuckle chuckle ) papier mache to
repair their floor.

ROFLMA as they say.

marble wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6): *WHAT*? No way.

Ah I remember you!
I bet you think they should use ( chuckle chuckle ) papier mache to
repair their floor.

My memory of you obviously isn't as good as your memory of me.


ROFLMA as they say.

Mind those splinters up your arse.

On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:26:27 +0000, Chris Bacon
wrote:

marble wrote:
Chris Bacon wrote:
1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6): *WHAT*? No way.

Ah I remember you!
I bet you think they should use ( chuckle chuckle ) papier mache to
repair their floor.

My memory of you obviously isn't as good as your memory of me.


Yea right LOL


ROFLMA as they say.

Mind those splinters up your arse.

Trust Papier Mache Boy to change the subject to arses.

Hey Chris, when I trashed your idiotic idea about using papier mache
in building work I was just warning the OP not to do anything so
stupid as follow any advise off you, I wasnt bitch slapping you
however it must have felt, get over it! It never occured to me you'd
be so devastated you'd want REVENGE.

I had to trawl back through the archives to see what I had done to so
hurt you, trust me I hadnt even noticed you were alive until that
penny dropped.

You papier mache boys are so sensative, just killfile me and in time
it will heal.