floorboard question please

[Yarn]

Hello. My 1940's house needs a few floorboards replacing. These are 22mm x 130mm. What type of wood do I ask for? I want something that will not bend or squeak.

I found one place that sells nearly the right size (they are 150mm so i will need to cut them down) they call the product:

treated bracing. wet graded. presure treated.

is this any good please?

 

[big-all]

you wander into your local wood yard and ask for 130 x 22mm "finnished size" for floor boards with a sample if you have it
worth mentioning measure all the boards to be replaced as the size may vary also measure the gap rather than the floor board

assuming its not tounge and groove you can get it quite quickly

other things to think off

if you have lots to replace and your thinking of varnishing some of the rooms consider replacing one room with new boards
this could free boards that match the existing boards in the other rooms
so you will in effect have matching origional boards except in one "new room

 

[Yarn]

Thanks big all,

no this is really just one or two boards which have split where they have been lifted. My main objective is to stop the floor squeaking when i walk on it.

I might try a timber merchants to buy these boards, where I would obvioulsy have faith in their knowledge, but the reason I asked the question is to work out whether I can use the boards mentioned in the original post as floorboards. Its not worth asking anyone who works there as they are all kids and last time (in a similar large DIY shop) they tried to tell me that 22mm was an unusual size!! i didnt bother trying to argue with them about thickness - them or the wood!.

Do you think those boards will be ok or should I try the timber merchant.

Does anyone know what wood floorboards were traditionally made from in a 1940s house?

 

[big-all]

Thanks big all,

no this is really just one or two boards which have split where they have been lifted. My main objective is to stop the floor squeaking when i walk on it.

I might try a timber merchants to buy these boards, where I would obvioulsy have faith in their knowledge, but the reason I asked the question is to work out whether I can use the boards mentioned in the original post as floorboards. Its not worth asking anyone who works there as they are all kids and last time (in a similar large DIY shop) they tried to tell me that 22mm was an unusual size!! i didnt bother trying to argue with them about thickness - them or the wood!.

Do you think those boards will be ok or should I try the timber merchant.

Does anyone know what wood floorboards were traditionally made from in a 1940s house?

no you must go to a proper wood yard not a diy shed you wont get 22mm in a diy shed its only 18 or 19mm so in that respect they where right

where as 22mm is the standard finished size on 1" timber after dressing[planing]

they will actually cut a bit of 6x1"[finished size 22x146mm] planking down to 130mm

the stock size of the sawn wood is 6x1" reduced to 22x145mm by planing

so if you ask for 6x1 planed you will get 22x145mm
if you ask for 6x1" finished size planed you will get 6x1"

so ask for finnished size if the size is ultra crutial and they will make it up for you

 

[Yarn]

that was a really useful bit of info. thanks.

 

[mattysupra]

you might also find that a wood yard is better on price comparied to the crap you get from a big shed.

 

[Yarn]

I went to the timber yard, but they do not sell 22mm timber either. They said it starts of at 25mm and is planed down to 20.5.

So nobody sells 22mm timber for floorboards. What I cant understand is why then is the chipboard sheets sold for flooring 22mm??

22mm must be a standard size??

I solved my problem by using an 8 foot sheet of 22mm chipboard and salvaging some boards from the area for other places.

 

[mattysupra]

your timber yard is crap then. My yard will plane and make any thickness of floor board i ask for. How come they start with 25mm but cant make it 22mm? This is stupid!

 

[big-all]

was it a builders merchant or a wood yard!!!!

the answer as said above should be ok you want 130x22 finnished ok how many meters!!!

 

[Yarn]

was it a builders merchant or a wood yard!!!!

the answer as said above should be ok you want 130x22 finnished ok how many meters!!!

Yes, that was the answer that I was hoping for too! It is known as a Timber yard, that is supposed to have a really good reputation. I was also shocked at the high prices too.

I must admit though, that I wasnt thinking clearly. I should have asked if they could plane the timber down to the size that I wanted. Maybe they would have said yes. Next time, ill try that.

Having said that though, I think that the sheet of chipboard did a much better job as being one solid peice it is fixed in place better. (covered 7 foot by 4 foot).

I am going to use chip board to repair another section of floor this week too.

The salvaged boards arnt much cop as they have splits most of the way along. I had to remove about 4" off each end where they were really split, so they are not very long either. The peice of floor is a bedroom and originally had been where a fireplace was, so the boards were not new when they were put there anyway.

Chipboard all the way.

 

[big-all]

is it flooring grade chip board!!!![interlocking edge]

if its floor grade its acceptable but not really wise your planks will still be there in 100 years time through damp and hot through the odd spill no probs but your flooring will be lucky to go beyond around 25 years without an area needing replacing

also you need to baton all unsupported edges to tie them in to the original floor

 

[Yarn]

Yes it was flooring grade - and it was the green moisture resistant stuff too.

Funny what you say though. You say the planks will still be there in 100 years? how come I am replacing them after 60?? LOL.

Anyway as long the chipboard lasts 3 or 4 years i will have sold up and be long gone.

Thanks for your help though Big-all.