Floor board suggestions needed.

2 years ago

We have bought a new house and were hoping to sand the floorboards down in the front room. However, today we have discovered that where an extendion has been built the floor boards run out a little bit before our French doors. Bar a rug we have no idea how to solve this. Any ideas?

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sarh123

2 years ago

We had the same I think, a gap between the end of the flooring and some wide French doors -we bought a timber threshold and fitted it across the French doors then painted it so it matched the doors and looked deliberate. Where it met the main flooring it was chamfered (?) so that it sloped down and avoided being a trip hazard. Fitting was easy but needed a good timber yard to supply.

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Lewis Carr
2 years ago
Hmm, only option would be to buy more boards (plenty of reclaimed wood companies) of the same type of wood and then fit them in.... But:
1. If you add them all at the end where its currently modern boards it'll look rubbish, youd need to lift them all up and then relay for brick effect throughout.

2. Boards of the same wood won't look exactly the same, lifting all then relay will help here as won't be a section of one type and then another, were you planning to stain at all or just sand? If sanding all current boards and new boards and then stain together it might help the matching.

3. New boards will unlikely be the required width so will need cut, do not attempt to so this without a circular saw, even slight curvature down edge will look v poor.

4. New boards MUST be the correct thickness, or you're knackered.

Might be worth investing in a belt sander for floorboard sanding depending on how much you've got to do, can hire them etc. That sander is not really designed for that type of large, flat surface area.
HU-728207939
2 years ago
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Hi,

How big of an area is it? And where in the house is it? Could a door-mat type thing work for you? I had the same issue with the floorboards stopping 90cm short of our front door. We used coir matting cut to size which has worked well and doubles up as a doormat which is nice. If your builder can make a 'well' for the coir to sink into so the top of the coir is flush with the floorboards that makes it look intentional!

Good luck -
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Donna Puddepha
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2 years ago
Yeah we were going to varnish in a clear varnish afterwards.

a rug is possible but it is at the door to the extension so it would look a bit odd.

is it easy for two novices or would we be better getting a chippy in for it?
Lewis Carr
2 years ago
Probably worth getting a chippy in as you risk ruining what you have if you make mistakes. Hard to see how big the job is without knowing the size of old boards and where new boards are. The comment about the doormat could be a good idea, but all depends on space really
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Or if the space to be filled in is not large, the boards could be run horizontally to define the transition creating a border of different pattern but same finish.
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You might be able to do horizon board approach with 'floorboard style flooring', but not actual boards like youve currently got down, as the joists run horizontally.
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You could paint trompe l’oeil boards onto the MDF area. just copy real boards exactly.
carolinejackson2a
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Just put some laminate down over the whole area. what people dont understand is that the tiny gaps between the floor boards let in cold air so it will always be difficult to heat the room. put down insul and laminate and you will be much warmer.
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Caroline Couzens Design Ltd
2 years ago
There is nothing like a natural wooden floor board and if this is the aesthetic and budget you wish to pursue go with it!

This suggestion is entirely dependent on both of the above elements but you could find simply adding a strip of something completely different - for example a small area of LVT slate-effect tile flooring (or any other finish) tidies the concrete area up nicely.

This is glued into place and appropriately edged. It would create the tiniest height incremental (about 3mm) but nothing to cause hazard etc.

Celebrate the join if you are going to work with existing boards!

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