you can also buy wood floor infils which you knock and glue into the gaps in your floor before you sand it....
Floor boards never where intended to be the finished floor, the wood is soft and easily damaged. Best thing you can do is lay new hardwood...
your gonna buy an 8x4 sheet and cut it up to make a few doorcasings? Its pretty easy to make door linings out of solid oak.
Plaster walls 1st....get all wet trades done first then worry about the wood.....DONT INSTALL SOLID WOOD IN BASEMENT.....get enginereered wood or...
Remember oak reacts with steel and can cause black staining. If theres any sign of moisture use brass or stainless screws.
I'm a wood/laminate floor fitter but have yet to take the elastilon plunge. I've got a few concerns: 1) How would you start on a fireplace?...
Are you gonna nail your solid oak floor, to a floating chipboard floor? If so nail some ply (6mm at least) down first so you get a better nail...
Its the humidity in the room that causes the wood to swell, try to keep the humidity constant and you'll see less movement. Buy a hygrometer,...
After you've finished it you can use an acrylic filler eg unika colour seal. That way you wont fill the pores
ACETONE works well
These fasteners are for pre-grooved deck-boards. You don't even have to get your jointer out you plank.
If its solid oak then no gap is too big, take the skirts of and even cut away the plaster(board). Wood expands more in its width than its length...
That's the main reason I stopped using Howdens. I'd sell some flooring take a deposit, then go try get it only to be told they've discontinued...
If your doing it in the house then I'd recommend an electric scroll saw. There a lot more accurate, (slower)quieter, safer and don't blow dust...
Patterns for what? Jelutong is traditionally the wood of choice for making patterns....don't know where you'd get it. If your patterns are...
Solid Bamboo is particularly stable as is Kempas and Iroko. There is a 100% water proof laminate called aquastep.(its a bit plasticy and pricey...
You'll need a vapour barrier over the concrete. Either a plastic sheet or the 3mm combi underlay taped at the joins will do. you can leave your...
PVA to stick floor together. PU to bond wood to sub-floor.
Forgot to mention bamboo is very soft so be carefull when working on it. Built my last bathroom on top of bamboo but managed to drop a tap wrench...
I cant see why your using elestilon at all. Why not just glue the tongue to the groove, use plenty of glue and wipe off the excess. Use strap...
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