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Thanks John. I'm finding that really, it's just nice to have somebody giving a bit of reassurance to you as you slowly tear your house to shreds. Haha. Have a good weekend

So......was about an inch of self leveling compound same width as the boards either side and underneath as suspected it runs pretty deep. I noticed the floorboards either side are just resting on the concrete. I spoke to a builder and they said you could just break it down a bit, level it off...

I'll lift the adjacent floorboard on Saturday and have a look. Cheers John. Yes, I've read of a few different methods used for upstairs hearths. I'll share a few snaps when I do.....

@Burnerman @HERTS P&D both fantastic bits of advice. Thank you. When you say expect cieling damage, any advice on avoiding this? I was going to break it towards the chimmney and do it by hand....I deffinetly don't like the sound of ceiling damage....

The idea is to sand it back, seal stain and have lovely wood floor. The previous owner has replaced a few with some B&Q spruce boards that are different heights and then just laid carpet. I want some replacement boards to fit into where they currently are. Really appreciate the info. It's a...

That's a great idea cheer Andy. Will do cheers

Thanks for the reply Andy. I enjoyed reading your response very much and, although you've clearly put in a lot of effort on your spelling, punctuation and grammar, the response is completely void of any fact and bears zero relevance to the initial question on the wood. It's a fail I'm afraid...

Yes I'm all over that but issue I have is it's hard to get to a lot of the reclaim places during opening hours as I'm a school teacher and I've found a lot of places aren't open at weekends. Have sent pics to most of the local places I can find and have a few samples coming to check against but...

That is just what was there when I pulled up the carpet. I intend to get rid of the hearth and replace with flooring. Thanks for the reply. Thanks for this reply. I'll get a gas person in and see what's what perhaps before I go about knocking the hearth out. Appreciate the response to this...

Hello all, Got this as a bonus question elsewhere but thought a repost here would be a good idea.... Anyone have any idea what kind of wood I'm dealing with here (see below)? You can see where I have sanded it a little by hand. I suspect Pine or Douglas Fir. It's a 1930's house in Seaford...

Thanks @Madrab. I basically want it out the way so will find someone to have a look and let me know. Will give it a scratch later and see what happens. Thanks for the reply.

I thought maybe gas. Good advice thank you @kidgreen61

Hello all, so.....just bought our first house, 1930's semi. Pulled up carpets in bedroom upstairs with hope of renovating floorboards and having lovely wooden boards. I have revealed a concrete hearth (read plenty about removing that on other posts) a few off the shelf spruce boards that need...