repairing wooden floorboards with tin

[damson]

Any thoughts/help much appreciated

I read in a magazine that in the old days people used to repair holes in wooden floorboards with bits of tin.

I'd like to try this to see if it looks good - our floorboards are very battered and have a few holes.

Does anyone know how this was done? was the piece of tin cut to overlap the hole and then tacked on? was the tin bent to fit within the hole? Has anyone come across this before?

thanks very much in advance

 

[gregers]

over the hole,really its just patching up a problem.

 

[big-all]

highly dangerous and and a silly idea

if you have a hole and you cover it with a bit off nailed on tin you at best have a trip hazzard at worst the floor collapses because the rotton/dammaged joists /floors wherent repaired

its a measure for the poor like boarded up windows or string holding up your fence and newspaper in the toilet

 

[Jasonb]

I'd like to try this to see if it looks good

If it was used then they would have laid carpet or lino over it, just stops your stilettos getting stuck in a hole.

The only decorative use of tin is the victorian pressed ceiling panels and the odd pie chest panel.

Jason