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Changing the Floor boards

Hi all, i'm looking to refurb my room/replace my old floorboards which are now damaged due to excessively pulling them up to reach the underlay i.e. electrics for kitchen.
I was wondering would these be suitable to replace them with as a main floorboard
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Solid-Wood-Flooring/invt/205455
the depth of my current floorboards is 60+mm, but the aforementioned ones are 18mm :o

regards
Savings Target: 100K by 2015

Current Savings: £81,429,04 (Since starting my job as a postman - October 2008)

Comments

  • keith969
    keith969 Posts: 1,575 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I used ordinary pine tongue and groove floorboard from Wickes to redo my old kitchen floor. Those boards look much more posh but won't nailing them down spoil the look a bit?
    For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple and wrong.
  • redpin_2
    redpin_2 Posts: 159 Forumite
    very good point about the nails, my dad just rechecked the current floorboards and theyre 18mm lol!
    Savings Target: 100K by 2015

    Current Savings: £81,429,04 (Since starting my job as a postman - October 2008)
  • 27col
    27col Posts: 6,554 Forumite
    T&G boards can be fixed with a hidden nailing system. It all depends on what the profile of the new boards. If they are 18mm thick then, that is a fairly standard thickness.
    I can afford anything that I want.
    Just so long as I don't want much.
  • ormus
    ormus Posts: 42,714 Forumite
    60mm floorboards !!!!!!
    i trust you are joking?
    Get some gorm.
  • secret nailing is what you need

    make sure you buy structural boards, and then you can fit them between the joists.

    wickes boards are rubbish the t&g never fit properly making the job hard
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