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Can you choose the boards? Wastage from off cuts and wastage from undesirable boards are separate things.
5% seems very low. I think we went between 10-20 for our reclaimed beech. Had a reasonable amount left over - but admittedly that was mainly boards with shake or other issues. Fine if they’ll be under furniture etc, but not what you want bang in the middle of the floor space.If you go and hand pick your boards and get all long lengths, and avoid damaged boards etc that will obviously reduce waste.
This isn’t always an option though.
Also, picking boards is very time consuming. I definitely could have reduced my wastage if I'd been more fastidious with my picking. I didn't get any stinkers in there, but enough cosmetic imperfections that made up my waste. I'd also had to travel to pick up the boards, so paying an extra £20-30 as a contingency to save having to come and get more/patch in loads of little bits was definitely worth it.
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Good point. I was thinking off cuts, hadn't considered being picky about the boards.
We'd planned to drive over but it's all a bit of a hassle at the moment. Will probably just go for 20% to be safe and get them delivered. The front half of the room and hallway all have the original boards. Hoping that with the imperfections in those we'll get away with whatever turns up...
atk
How much wastage should I be adding when sourcing a reclaimed pine floor (square edge boards, laid straight on joists)?
Floor area is ~15m^2. Seen 5-10% quoted for a new floor, 20% for reclaimed. Does that sound about right?