- Thread starter Bogart
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In the past when I had time, tools but no money I used to buy unfinished timber from a mill / yard and then finish it myself.
Horrible work though, but the timber was a quarter of the price usually - and I had plenty of free time.
EDIT: word of warning though, you'll need to manage the drying out / acclimatisation process carefully, the first time I did it, I made a door, looked beautiful and really sturdy, fitted it in the middle of winter. Came back to it a week later, warped and cracked to **** as it had completely slipped my mind that it had been stored outside in the yard, then I had worked on it in an outdoor shed, and then chucked it straight into a house with central heating, and the door was in fact for the airing cupboard, which had the hot water tank in :lol:
Horrible work though, but the timber was a quarter of the price usually - and I had plenty of free time.
EDIT: word of warning though, you'll need to manage the drying out / acclimatisation process carefully, the first time I did it, I made a door, looked beautiful and really sturdy, fitted it in the middle of winter. Came back to it a week later, warped and cracked to **** as it had completely slipped my mind that it had been stored outside in the yard, then I had worked on it in an outdoor shed, and then chucked it straight into a house with central heating, and the door was in fact for the airing cupboard, which had the hot water tank in :lol:
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Mmm, 250 sq ft, I bought more than that for our previous house, came from a 1900 mansion being dismantled.
One has to get lucky at a salvage yard, or eBay.
I see listings at £125-200 per 10ft. Eek!
A word; the tg flooring I bought, oak, over an inch thick, all came from the same house but what I didn't know was that there were two distinct lots, and they didn't interlock. Which caused me some grief.
Be careful.
Also, do yourself a favour and buy a couple of floorboard cramps to help you lay it tight. The boards may well be less than straight.
And... let it acclimatise in the room for at least a month, laid up in stick. Otherwise it may shrink, or cockle which is worse.
Ivor
PS Do you feel lucky?
You'd need a plywood subfloor, but at this price.... We laid our oak bathroom floor over 12mm ply.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oak-floor-board-old-one-70m2-cheap/254188578574?hash=item3b2ed1e70e:g:Bt0AAOSwZDVcpeSk
Well, here you go. Be quick.
One has to get lucky at a salvage yard, or eBay.
I see listings at £125-200 per 10ft. Eek!
A word; the tg flooring I bought, oak, over an inch thick, all came from the same house but what I didn't know was that there were two distinct lots, and they didn't interlock. Which caused me some grief.
Be careful.
Also, do yourself a favour and buy a couple of floorboard cramps to help you lay it tight. The boards may well be less than straight.
And... let it acclimatise in the room for at least a month, laid up in stick. Otherwise it may shrink, or cockle which is worse.
Ivor
PS Do you feel lucky?
You'd need a plywood subfloor, but at this price.... We laid our oak bathroom floor over 12mm ply.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Oak-floor-board-old-one-70m2-cheap/254188578574?hash=item3b2ed1e70e:g:Bt0AAOSwZDVcpeSk
Well, here you go. Be quick.
Toby Newell
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You can buy 20mm solid oak flooring for around £50 to £60 sqm if you look around, the wider you go the more expensive.