We have bought an old house (1910) that we are getting ready to renovate. This is my first time to do so. My question is – Is possible to use car siding (pine) for wood floors?
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Possible, yes.
Smart? Depends on the pine.
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What I was asking about was described by Rvieceli- "1 x 6 tongue and groove board. One one side it has a v groove down the middle and half the groove on each to make the full vee when mated to the next board. The reverse side is flat with no grooves. It is usually southern yellow pine."<!----><!---->
I have found 1x8 (1x6) & 1x6 (1x4) at a local big box home center, and they told me it was pine. They didn't know (or the clerk I talked to didn't know) what the moisture content was.<!----><!---->
After reading all of your responses, I think that perhaps I should rethink this idea - or make a test sample and experiment with it before I install this in a high traffic area.<!----><!---->
Once again Thank You All, and I appreciate your help.<!----><!---->
PS - I am sending this to each of you as I am having "user problems" attaching your names to the "others" box.<!----><!---->
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Parolee # 53804
This floor is "center matched", which is sometimes what the back of car siding is called.IT is 1x8 yellow pine.It is face nailed and supposed to be rustic. Frankly I don't see how this product could be installed any other way, it is crooked and knotty.A medium to large guy named Alan, not an ambiguous female....
NOT that there is anything wrong with that.
Thank you for your reply. Did you install the floors in the attached pictures? What type of stain was used on the floor that was darker? How long ago was it installed and how is it holding up?
Jayne,
Welcome to Breaktime. By car siding, do you mean cebter matched bead board?
Chuck S
Jayne, I believe he meant to say 'center' and not 'cebter' matched bead board.
Do your boards look anything like this: View Image
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Parolee # 53804
Hard to imagine beaded for flooring. Did she mention southern yellow pine - or even pine period? I can't recall now...somebody wake the old man up...
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Thankyou all for your help.<!----><!----><!---->
What I was asking about was described by Rvieceli- "1 x 6 tongue and groove board. One one side it has a v groove down the middle and half the groove on each to make the full vee when mated to the next board. The reverse side is flat with no grooves. It is usually southern yellow pine."<!----><!---->
I have found 1x8 (1x6) & 1x6 (1x4) at a local big box home center, and they told me it was pine. They didn't know (or the clerk I talked to didn't know) what the moisture content was.<!----><!---->
After reading all of your responses, I think that perhaps I should rethink this idea - or make a test sample and experiment with it before I install this in a high traffic area.<!----><!---->
Once again Thank You All, and I appreciate your help.<!----><!---->
PS - I am sending this to each of you as I am having "user problems" attaching your names to the "others" box.<!----><!---->
Jayne Marie<!----><!---->
well Jayne, if you need to ask anything more, don't hesitate.
Best to you.
However, if one designs to construct a dwelling-house, it behooves him to exercise a little Yankee shrewdness, lest after all he find himself in a workhouse, a labyrinth without a clue, a museum, an almshouse, a prison, or a splendid mausoleum instead.
Parolee # 53804
I'm never sure what somebody means when they say Car-siding. It seems like it is usually meaning a 2x6, 2x8, or 3x8 T&G material. It is pretty common for floors in log homes and some timberframed homes to use it to make the ceiling below and the floor above in one shot, despite the disadvantages of it.
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Paul,I have seeen car siding from 3/8 to 12/4.
I think any beaded or grooved plank would be a bad choice. Remember the nitemare prefinnished bevel edged junk from 25 or so years ago.Here is a linkto Hogan Hardwoods. I got my 1X6 Swamp Cypress bead board from them. They ship anywhere. They have a lot of old profileshttp://www.hoganhardwoods.com/hogan/pages/products/02_Moulding/sw_04.htmChuck Slive, work, build, ...better with wood
Thankyou all for your help.<!----><!----><!---->
What I was asking about was described by Rvieceli- "1 x 6 tongue and groove board. One one side it has a v groove down the middle and half the groove on each to make the full vee when mated to the next board. The reverse side is flat with no grooves. It is usually southern yellow pine."<!----><!---->
I have found 1x8 (1x6) & 1x6 (1x4) at a local big box home center, and they told me it was pine. They didn't know (or the clerk I talked to didn't know) what the moisture content was.<!----><!---->
After reading all of your responses, I think that perhaps I should rethink this idea - or make a test sample and experiment with it before I install this in a high traffic area.<!----><!---->
Once again Thank You All, and I appreciate your help.<!----><!---->
PS - I am sending this to each of you as I am having "user problems" attaching your names to the "others" box.<!----><!---->
Jayne Marie<!----><!---->
Try using a bigger font, there's lots of space here on the internet. Possible but not plausible.
Thankyou all for your help.<!----><!----><!---->
What I was asking about was described by Rvieceli- "1 x 6 tongue and groove board. One one side it has a v groove down the middle and half the groove on each to make the full vee when mated to the next board. The reverse side is flat with no grooves. It is usually southern yellow pine."<!----><!---->
I have found 1x8 (1x6) & 1x6 (1x4) at a local big box home center, and they told me it was pine. They didn't know (or the clerk I talked to didn't know) what the moisture content was.<!----><!---->
After reading all of your responses, I think that perhaps I should rethink this idea - or make a test sample and experiment with it before I install this in a high traffic area.<!----><!---->
Once again Thank You All, and I appreciate your help.<!----><!---->
PS - I am sending this to each of you as I am having "user problems" attaching your names to the "others" box.<!----><!---->
Jayne Marie<!----><!---->
Thankyou all for your help.<!----><!----><!---->
What I was asking about was described by Rvieceli- "1 x 6 tongue and groove board. One one side it has a v groove down the middle and half the groove on each to make the full vee when mated to the next board. The reverse side is flat with no grooves. It is usually southern yellow pine."<!----><!---->
I have found 1x8 (1x6) & 1x6 (1x4) at a local big box home center, and they told me it was pine. They didn't know (or the clerk I talked to didn't know) what the moisture content was.<!----><!---->
After reading all of your responses, I think that perhaps I should rethink this idea - or make a test sample and experiment with it before I install this in a high traffic area.<!----><!---->
Once again Thank You All, and I appreciate your help.<!----><!---->
PS - I am sending this to each of you as I am having "user problems" attaching your names to the "others" box.<!----><!---->
Jayne Marie<!----><!---->
The stuff we call car siding around here is a 1 x 6 tongue and groove board. One one side it has a v groove down the middle and half the groove on each to make the full vee when mated to the next board. The reverse side is flat with no grooves. It is usually southern yellow pine.
I have a friend that used the stuff as flooring in his new house with the flat side up. He stickered it and let it dry for quite a while to get the moisture content down some as it was higher than he wanted. He then acclimated it in the house and laid it by blind nailing. then sanded and finished .
It looks pretty good but it is still pine. It got "aged" quickly. It's softer than what most people are used to and as such will scratch and dent and take on some "character". He likes it a lot but make sure that you will.
Depending where you are sourcing your wood from, you may be able to get a harder wood for cheaper or close to the same price by finding a local mill that can supply you with something else.
Thank you - I appreciate your help.
Thankyou all for your help.<!----><!----><!---->
What I was asking about was described by Rvieceli- "1 x 6 tongue and groove board. One one side it has a v groove down the middle and half the groove on each to make the full vee when mated to the next board. The reverse side is flat with no grooves. It is usually southern yellow pine."<!----><!---->
I have found 1x8 (1x6) & 1x6 (1x4) at a local big box home center, and they told me it was pine. They didn't know (or the clerk I talked to didn't know) what the moisture content was.<!----><!---->
After reading all of your responses, I think that perhaps I should rethink this idea - or make a test sample and experiment with it before I install this in a high traffic area.<!----><!---->
Once again Thank You All, and I appreciate your help.<!----><!---->
PS - I am sending this to each of you as I am having "user problems" attaching your names to the "others" box.<!----><!---->
Jayne Marie<!----><!---->