Moving on from my succesful parquet restoration ....
I'm tackling original floorboards in an Edwardian property. Some of the worst cracked and chopped up boards have been replaced by boards from un-needed but identical boards from upstairs.
The ground floor is a suspended timber floor. The average gap between adjacent boards at the moment (May) is about 3mm with a few gaps just over 4mm and the smallest about 1mm with the odd board butted up against its neighbour with no gap.
What is the best long term solution to gap filling please?
I have seen for sale some old pine slivers, essentially wedges of reclaimed pine boards. I'm not too fussed about a slight colour mismatch as I'll be staining the boards ultimately. Would it be sensible to fill ALL gaps with such strips which presumably won't fall through in due course. Or is it back to the sawdust and the Bona mix and fill? Has anyone used purchased slivers? Are they worth it?
Thanks for any help.
I'm tackling original floorboards in an Edwardian property. Some of the worst cracked and chopped up boards have been replaced by boards from un-needed but identical boards from upstairs.
The ground floor is a suspended timber floor. The average gap between adjacent boards at the moment (May) is about 3mm with a few gaps just over 4mm and the smallest about 1mm with the odd board butted up against its neighbour with no gap.
What is the best long term solution to gap filling please?
I have seen for sale some old pine slivers, essentially wedges of reclaimed pine boards. I'm not too fussed about a slight colour mismatch as I'll be staining the boards ultimately. Would it be sensible to fill ALL gaps with such strips which presumably won't fall through in due course. Or is it back to the sawdust and the Bona mix and fill? Has anyone used purchased slivers? Are they worth it?
Thanks for any help.
