Bamboo and Exotic Wood Floors - new to all this can anyone help me with this?
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sorcja
08-04-08, 08:21 PM
I am in the process of tearing out two layers of carpet that the previous owners laid in my basement (the second layer was a surprise!) The walls of the basement are barn board. I am sure there is enough that after I build the sub floor I would like to lay it as flooring. I have seen pictures and love the look. I have a friend who is going to build the sub floor as he is really good at stuff like that, but he has no idea how to go about sanding and preping the barn board or the best way to lay it. Can anyone give me any thoughts?
sincerly
rebuilding for the first time
sincerly
rebuilding for the first time
greg.in.maine
08-07-08, 12:12 PM
What are you going to build the subfloor out of??
If you are going to lay a new subfloor, I would use Advantech subflooring. If your basement is cement and hopefully somewhat flat - use PL-400 (Caulking style tubes) construction adhesive and then shoot the new subfloor down with concrete nails.
As far as sanding the barnboards... most of the time these old barn boards are different thickness's as well as "rough sawn". You need to run these boards (top and bottom) through a thickness planer to get all of them the same thickness and provide yourself with a smooth floor surface! You also will need to run the width of the boards through a table saw to provide you with dimensional boards that have two edges that are "true" to each other*cut the edges with a 2-3 degree bevel cut on the blade, that way you will get a better fit. Then you will need to cut the butt ends on a chop saw (again set the saw blade to make a 2-3 degree bevel cut on the butt end for a tight fit.
Securing these boards to the Advantech subfloor is most commonly done with square head nails and by hand. Depending on the width of the boards you will need multiple nails at the butt ends *usually three evenly spaced, and then two or three every 16" or so, again the wider the board, the more nails across the face you will need.
If you are going for the Rustic look... I would give the floor a rough sanding with a belt sander (carefully with 100 grit) to remove dirt, shoe marks, ect... ) then vacuum and coat with Waterlox Tung Oil Sealer/Finish, followed by 2-3 Coats of Waterlox Tung Oil Satin.
Greg (retired flooring professional)
Maine
If you are going to lay a new subfloor, I would use Advantech subflooring. If your basement is cement and hopefully somewhat flat - use PL-400 (Caulking style tubes) construction adhesive and then shoot the new subfloor down with concrete nails.
As far as sanding the barnboards... most of the time these old barn boards are different thickness's as well as "rough sawn". You need to run these boards (top and bottom) through a thickness planer to get all of them the same thickness and provide yourself with a smooth floor surface! You also will need to run the width of the boards through a table saw to provide you with dimensional boards that have two edges that are "true" to each other*cut the edges with a 2-3 degree bevel cut on the blade, that way you will get a better fit. Then you will need to cut the butt ends on a chop saw (again set the saw blade to make a 2-3 degree bevel cut on the butt end for a tight fit.
Securing these boards to the Advantech subfloor is most commonly done with square head nails and by hand. Depending on the width of the boards you will need multiple nails at the butt ends *usually three evenly spaced, and then two or three every 16" or so, again the wider the board, the more nails across the face you will need.
If you are going for the Rustic look... I would give the floor a rough sanding with a belt sander (carefully with 100 grit) to remove dirt, shoe marks, ect... ) then vacuum and coat with Waterlox Tung Oil Sealer/Finish, followed by 2-3 Coats of Waterlox Tung Oil Satin.
Greg (retired flooring professional)
Maine
lgreen35
08-19-08, 01:26 PM
hello all,
I know of a site that can likely answer all your questions and more. I will share it for all to use!
It is all about flooring and how-to's: flooring information (http://www.findanyfloor.com/)
Hope that helps someone here, that's it for now!
I know of a site that can likely answer all your questions and more. I will share it for all to use!
It is all about flooring and how-to's: flooring information (http://www.findanyfloor.com/)
Hope that helps someone here, that's it for now!