Hi. I live in a Victorian terrace and in the past I've sanded and varnished the pine floor. A few of the floorboards had been badly damaged by woodworm and I've finally got round to replacing them. I sourced some reclaimed floorboards of the correct age and width however it seems I was slightly out on my measurement of the thickness.
The original boards are currently about 18mm (probably 19-20 before they were sanded) and the new ones are about 22mm. So obviously they will stand a bit proud. I had thought I could sand the difference off with a fairly substantial hand sander but a quick test at the weekend showed that this was going to take hours (using 40grit paper). My Dad suggested that I could just chisel out the 2-3mm difference from the bottom of the board where they lie on the joist; this seems like a good idea. I'm not sure though what would be the easiest way to do this accurately, I'm not so handy with a chisel that I can get to a mm accuracy. Would I be able to file or sand the back off with some tool? Any ideas? I don't really want to destroy any of the reclaimed boards as they were quite pricey.
Thanks!
The original boards are currently about 18mm (probably 19-20 before they were sanded) and the new ones are about 22mm. So obviously they will stand a bit proud. I had thought I could sand the difference off with a fairly substantial hand sander but a quick test at the weekend showed that this was going to take hours (using 40grit paper). My Dad suggested that I could just chisel out the 2-3mm difference from the bottom of the board where they lie on the joist; this seems like a good idea. I'm not sure though what would be the easiest way to do this accurately, I'm not so handy with a chisel that I can get to a mm accuracy. Would I be able to file or sand the back off with some tool? Any ideas? I don't really want to destroy any of the reclaimed boards as they were quite pricey.
Thanks!
