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Ah thanks, that was stupid of me for not putting two and two together as I knew you'd done that.
Your floorboards are a lot better condition than ours so I think we'll do that. I'll read through your posts again but is there anything that you'd do differently etc?
We'll probably have the skirting off anyway and it's just a small rectangular room so fewer corners so it should be a bit simpler.
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My main tips would be to have all the butt joints over joists, pick your boards carefully and avoid any with shake in them - it shows up a lot more when you put a finish on the wood. Take the time to level the joists if you can/it needs as you notice any unevenness a lot more when you put a nice new floor down.
Don’t use glue and sawdust as a filler.
If there are any gaps, use bona gap master - tape either side of the gap when you fill the gaps, leave to dry at least overnight and sand flat. Spill over will show up.Having tools for pulling boards tight like clamps and knockers make a big difference.
Hire an edge sander for the edges, a normal belt sander is fine for the main surface - work with the grain though!
Nef
I’ve literally just done this. Reclaimed junckers beech that was used for a squash court.
I pulled up the fucked pine boards that were way past saving. I snuck them under the skirting and it worked fine. Had to bridge some gaps with scraps of ply to give the boards support in a few places.
There were so many cables and pipes under the pine boards that I’m glad I replaced them rather than laying on top - feel like it would have been easy to damage something unseen if I’d just laid them on top. I’m also glad to have kept the same floor level throughout. Another minor thing is that you have to snip all the nails off if it’s going to sit on top of something, rather than just making sure the nails don’t sit on any joists.
Are you sure they run under walls through to other rooms? I though I had this but it wasn’t the case. See if you can get a couple boards up to have a look.
Attached are before and after photos, shit show of cables and pipes, example of ply support between joists, and the finished product.