Parquet flooring refurb bit missing.

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we havea 1930 house that has parquet throughput the ground floor. We are having this sanded back. I have section missing of about 2 dozen strips in total. I can't find any replacement bits locally. Can I replace these blocks with timber from the wood yard, of the same same size?

Is their any issue with doing that?

Thanks
 
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essex123456, good evening.

Can I suggest you forget about the local to you "wood yard"

I would start looking at "Reclamation Yards" especially on-line and by Phone? what you will need are the "average" dimensions of the boards you have now and look for replacement pieces of a similar or larger size.

You have a better chance of finding a suitable type [width and length] and colour match [the latter is highly variable] in the reclamation area than in a timber merchant, also depending how the reclaimed pieces have been stored they will be a lot drier than wood yard material, thickness can be accounted for during your sanding process for the entire floor.

Ken.
 
Thanks for the info I have called round and have been told "don't stock it mate no call for it" this is from local reclamation yards.

I'm not trekking miles as it's only about 12 bits I need. They are up againss a wall and will be under a cabinet. Is there any issue with cutting my own?
 
It's more complicated than that.
If you don't want it to look odd buy some of the right size from eBay and hope that you get the colour about right. Pay attention to the height of the tongue and groove.

I went through this replacing about 8 feet where a patio window was inserted where a set of French doors had been. Some wood was rotten and the rest was filled with concrete where a wall had been .

Better high than low and it can be sanded flat

Having tried some free parquet which was too light I bought 1-2 sq metres from ebay and sorted out the good ones.
 
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essex123456, good evening again.

OK understand, agree with what you have been told, Parquet has in its true form gone out of fashion. but I must admit, I have seen some seriously stunning rooms in period properties around Edinburgh and Glasgow.

At one time B&Q sold a "type" of Parquet?

As an aside? can you "steal" any parquet from a cupboard or similar?

If all else fails and the area of "new" flooring is hidden then go for it, just get it as near as you can.

Ken
 
Thanks for the replies, unfortunately can't steal any from any cupboard spaces. I'll try and get some replacement bits, if not I'll have to cut new bits.
 
IMG_3008.JPG This is the flooring it's 30cm x7cm x 2cm I'm not sure what wood it is any idea? The house was built 1930. Not sure if it's original flooring?
 
Ken,

Thanks for your help I think I'm going to have to patch in with pine. Not to worried as a unit will be going over the missing section.

Chris
 
Pine is nothing like pitch pine in colour, tone, hardness or grain.
 
essex123456, good evening again.

As jobAndKnock above.

Pitch pine should?? be fairly readily available in reclamation yards. this material was extensively used [as you have] in floors, stairs and heavily tracked areas

If you can??? get some material and if possible leave what was the exposed face of the timber on, because if you can retain the worn, weathered faces the patina will not be lost.

Because pitch Pine is not a completely uniform timber, grain width varies, knots, and other variations a wee bit of care will probably work?

Your intended sanding should produce a really nice floor, what does happen with Pitch Pine is that there is a generally uniform overall colour which emerges.

Ken.
 
Hi Essex

I used to work for a company that made flooring and parquet. They offered a colour match service, but was very expensive and really for commercial applications. Old parquet is normally either, red oak, pitch pine, or sapele. It's not sapele, and don't think it's red oak, so most likely to be pitch pine. If you're looking to match it don't look at the colour now, sand a sample piece back to look what the base material is like, so when you add stain/finish it will then match. Would suggest you look for an online floor reclamation specialist, and see what they have available, likely it was fairly standard back in the day. Also, slightly pedantic, measurements for something old like this would have been imperial, so just double check metric size is right. Only other option would be to find a restorer/reclaimer locally. Plenty of it about so you shouldn't have too much difficulty finding some.
 

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