how do i go about filling a groove to create a tongue on solid wood flooring.
I plan to start laying the flooring from a hearth with the groove facing the hearth and work across the room however this will leave a space of 2 foot or so from the hearth to the wall that i will need to floor.
following the same method, the groove would face and work towards the wall but i wont be able to secret nail any of these planks!
I had read on line that you can reverse the planks and have a groove to groove layout but the groove needs to be filled to create a tongue to get a good connection. If i did this, i can secret nail the tongues as i work the short distance to the wall from the hearth.
is there ready made fillets of wood for this sort of thing? the flooring is solid oak, does it matter if the fillet was the same wood?
I plan to start laying the flooring from a hearth with the groove facing the hearth and work across the room however this will leave a space of 2 foot or so from the hearth to the wall that i will need to floor.
following the same method, the groove would face and work towards the wall but i wont be able to secret nail any of these planks!
I had read on line that you can reverse the planks and have a groove to groove layout but the groove needs to be filled to create a tongue to get a good connection. If i did this, i can secret nail the tongues as i work the short distance to the wall from the hearth.
is there ready made fillets of wood for this sort of thing? the flooring is solid oak, does it matter if the fillet was the same wood?