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We are in the process of converting our two-family back into a one family. It’s a 90-100 year old farm house in the central part of the city. (As you might guess it used to be on the edge of town.) We want to keep it mostly “old farm house” looking.
The flooring is all 3/4 inch thick, 3 1/2 inch wide tounge & gtongue Maple (blade dulling, blue smoke when cutting, HARD maple) was used in the kitchen area and pine throughout the rest of the house. Most of the kitchen floor was covered with linoleum and the wood is in good shape. Lot’s of character adding nailholes etc.nail holesthe pine was painted and some was carpeted. We want to reclaim as much of the flooring as possible and reuse it. We pulled up the flooring as carefully as practical and have so far placed 3/4 plywood down to serve as a subfloor.
sub floor. our questions:
How do we restore the old flooring? How much happens before we place it back down? How do we place it back down? What happens after it is placed back down? Do we remove the old paint before? Do we need to reestablish the tounges and grtonguesespecialy at tespeciallyhere the boards were cut etc. (Router and bit to match the old stuff?) What is the shortest practical length to reuse?
Is the old pine a realistic flooring option? (It does have a nice look to it.) Is it too much of a hassle to strip the painted stuff? Should it be used only in low traffic areas?
How do we prepare the subfloor. It is an old house and very little is absolutely square or level or perfectly FLAT.
Thanks for any help you can render
The Taylors
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I know a peter taylor in toledo. you must not be him or you'd have called. hows it goin peter? I think I've seen this one before. Your best bet is to do a search, maybe reclaimed hardwood flooring. Check the archives. There's been a lot written. You asked about all the questions there is regarding your floor. It's too much, scares people away. My advice is search or maybe seek professional, referred help in your area. If nothing else, get a general idea and them come back for the tricks. You have a neat project, best of luck.
Hoping the search button works....
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We are in the process of converting our two-family back into a one family. It's a 90-100 year old farm house in the central part of the city. (As you might guess it used to be on the edge of town.) We want to keep it mostly "old farm house" looking.
The flooring is all 3/4 inch thick, 3 1/2 inch wide tounge & gtongue Maple (blade dulling, blue smoke when cutting, HARD maple) was used in the kitchen area and pine throughout the rest of the house. Most of the kitchen floor was covered with linoleum and the wood is in good shape. Lot's of character adding nailholes etc.nail holesthe pine was painted and some was carpeted. We want to reclaim as much of the flooring as possible and reuse it. We pulled up the flooring as carefully as practical and have so far placed 3/4 plywood down to serve as a subfloor.
sub floor. our questions:
How do we restore the old flooring? How much happens before we place it back down? How do we place it back down? What happens after it is placed back down? Do we remove the old paint before? Do we need to reestablish the tounges and grtonguesespecialy at tespeciallyhere the boards were cut etc. (Router and bit to match the old stuff?) What is the shortest practical length to reuse?
Is the old pine a realistic flooring option? (It does have a nice look to it.) Is it too much of a hassle to strip the painted stuff? Should it be used only in low traffic areas?
How do we prepare the subfloor. It is an old house and very little is absolutely square or level or perfectly FLAT.
Thanks for any help you can render
The Taylors