Floors done, thanks & pics of the finnish

BigCal,

Well done. Looks excellent. If the whole floor looks as good as it does in the pic with the light coming through the door then I would be bloody proud.

Good stuff, Dr - 307.

Mate,

That's better than a mate's place I saw where an extension was done in the family area and instead of lining up the new baords with the old and staggering the joins so it blended in well they just added 100mm (yep, 10cm ) pieces right along the join area so know they look at - long board, 100mm piece staggered left by 50mm, long piece staggered back again 50mm - so in effect looking down the length of the room you look at a zig zag at that point. When I said to them they should've made it a feature and at least put in a board sideways like it looked like a perimeter feature so it seperated the two areas they just shrugged and said it didn't look that bad. If it was my place I reckon I would've got up in the middle of the night and started ripping up every last board in the whole freaking house.

You did great, don't worry about the ripple. I've sanded a floor before and honestly f*** that for a joke. You did better than me.

Cheers,
Dr - 307.

Originally Posted by Dr - 307

Mate,

That's better than a mate's place I saw where an extension was done in the family area and instead of lining up the new baords with the old and staggering the joins so it blended in well they just added 100mm (yep, 10cm ) pieces right along the join area so know they look at - long board, 100mm piece staggered left by 50mm, long piece staggered back again 50mm - so in effect looking down the length of the room you look at a zig zag at that point. When I said to them they should've made it a feature and at least put in a board sideways like it looked like a perimeter feature so it seperated the two areas they just shrugged and said it didn't look that bad. If it was my place I reckon I would've got up in the middle of the night and started ripping up every last board in the whole freaking house.

You did great, don't worry about the ripple. I've sanded a floor before and honestly f*** that for a joke. You did better than me.

Cheers,
Dr - 307.

Almost impossible to stagger cut into an old floor when you extend a room.. Some guys try but you will have problems for sure as if the boards differ in moisture or width by as little as 1mm each they wont keep in line and you'll be gapping the new boards or over tightening them to stay in line.. If its 2mm per board forget even considering it.. I know the adjacent board aint the flashest but atleast the floors are independant

cheers utemad

Originally Posted by UteMad

I know the adjacent board aint the flashest but atleast the floors are independant

That's exactly what I was trying to say. At least if you improvise and turn a situation into a feature then criticism will be come down to personal taste not bad workmanship or an attempt to fix gone wrong.

Dr - 307.

Just spotted this thread.

Way to go, Cal.

Great achievement. Now you'll have more than a fair idea why blokes who do this sort of thing for a quid, keep doing it. That great sense of a job well done.

Give your missus a peck on the cheek, she has done an awesome job on the drum sander. Is she interested in a full time job?

Once again, well done.