Replacing floorboards.
 

I need to replace a couple of flooarboards in my dining room - the
problem is that I can't seem to locate replacement boards of the
correct thickness.

The existing boards are 22mm thick - and the only sizes I can get from
a timber merchant are 18mm or 28mm.

Has anyone ever had the same problem?
Any suggestions (other than going to a saw-mill have having a
few ,lengths custom machined?)

Thanks,
Mark.

Replacing floorboards.
 

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I need to replace a couple of flooarboards in my dining room - the
problem is that I can't seem to locate replacement boards of the
correct thickness.

The existing boards are 22mm thick - and the only sizes I can get from
a timber merchant are 18mm or 28mm.

Has anyone ever had the same problem?
Any suggestions (other than going to a saw-mill have having a
few ,lengths custom machined?)

Thanks,
Mark.

Nail pieces of hardboard down on the joist,build up if neccesary with Lino
pieces? and use the 18mm floorboard.

Either that or go to a reclaimation yard for the original floorboards?

Replacing floorboards.
 

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I need to replace a couple of flooarboards in my dining room - the
problem is that I can't seem to locate replacement boards of the
correct thickness.

The existing boards are 22mm thick - and the only sizes I can get from
a timber merchant are 18mm or 28mm.

Has anyone ever had the same problem?
Any suggestions (other than going to a saw-mill have having a
few ,lengths custom machined?)

Yeah I've had this problem a few times. I've ended up just packing the
floorboards with cut up cereal boxes. Make the new boards a mm or 2 slightly
higher as they will inevitably drop once they have traffic.

Replacing floorboards.
 

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:48:53 -0700, mark wrote:

I need to replace a couple of flooarboards in my dining room - the
problem is that I can't seem to locate replacement boards of the correct
thickness.

The existing boards are 22mm thick - and the only sizes I can get from a
timber merchant are 18mm or 28mm.

Has anyone ever had the same problem? Any suggestions (other than going
to a saw-mill have having a few ,lengths custom machined?)

Thanks,
Mark.

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Several possibilities, apart from the obvious packing with hardboard or
other material.

Buy the 28mm boards and cut rebates on the underside where they lie on
the joists. Alternatively, if the boards are to go in a non-critical
position (weight-wise) trim the depth of the joists by 6mm where the new
boards are to sit.

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Replacing floorboards.
 

Replacing floorboards.
 

On Aug 18, 10:48*am, wrote:
I need to replace a couple of flooarboards in my dining room - the
problem is that I can't seem to locate replacement boards of the
correct thickness.

The existing boards are 22mm thick - and the only sizes I can get from
a timber merchant are 18mm or 28mm.

Has anyone ever had the same problem?
Any suggestions (other than going to a saw-mill have having a
few ,lengths custom machined?)

Thanks,
Mark.

22mm is a standard size. B+Q and Wickes usually have some, although
they're more expensive - they usually have them pre varnished if
nothing else. Travis Perkins stock them at many branches, and can
usually transfer between branches if you can wait. Occasionally you
see them listed as 25mm, as they are made from a planed piece of 25mm
timber.

If they're not going to be seen, the easy solution is to use 22mm
chipboard flooring, which B+Q also stock.

A

Replacing floorboards.
 

wrote in message
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I need to replace a couple of flooarboards in my dining room - the
problem is that I can't seem to locate replacement boards of the
correct thickness.

The existing boards are 22mm thick - and the only sizes I can get from
a timber merchant are 18mm or 28mm.

Has anyone ever had the same problem?
Any suggestions (other than going to a saw-mill have having a
few ,lengths custom machined?)

Thanks,
Mark.

From memory those in my house are the same: 22mm thick and 145mm wide. Had
trouble finding timber to replace odd ones at first but then discovered that
good timber merchants in my area - though not the DIY sheds - all stock
25x150 PAR which is exactly what I wanted. Try another timber merchant?

Replacing floorboards.
 

On 18 Aug, 10:48, wrote:
I need to replace a couple of flooarboards in my dining room - the
problem is that I can't seem to locate replacement boards of the
correct thickness.

The existing boards are 22mm thick - and the only sizes I can get from
a timber merchant are 18mm or 28mm.

Has anyone ever had the same problem?
Any suggestions (other than going to a saw-mill have having a
few ,lengths custom machined?)

Thanks,
Mark.

Dear Mark

I endorse getting the boards from a decent timber merchant
or
getting them to plane them down to size which will only be a couple of
minutes
or
if you must get the bigger ones and plane the Floorboards where they
go over the joists

This was bog standard pracice up to about 1800 odd before boards
became standardised

Do not pack joists, cut joists etc if it can be avoided

Chris

PS Tip - look carefully at the end grain and see which way the curve
of the cross section of the tree is and put the board down with the
curve pointing up wards each side and dipping in the middle - the
cupping (movement making the board rise in the middle and v the
sides) will then be right on the floor board when it shrinks leaving
the high part in the middle and the edges down.