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In Reply to: RE: Refinishing 84 year old oak floors.... posted by srdavis2000 on July 5, 2021 at 14:05:30:
Jeez, why didn't they just cut off the stake on the bottom? Probably because they didn't have electric plunge cutter tools.
Old houses are fun. Luckily, this one has been fairly well maintained, but still needs maintenance, painting, replacing dry rotted wood and plenty of other challenges. Still, it's better built than many new ones and the walls are square and doors are tight with still perfect reveals of 1/8" or less and none have sagged out of square. Carpenters were master craftsmen back then.
I'd imagine your old house had some knob and tube electrical. Ours does though probably about 90% has been redone. Most of what's left is a handful or so wall plugs in the back area where we refinished the floors.
Yeah, I'm not sure what engineered wood is. I guess it's veneered, so refinishing is limited. I've seen some with beveled edges which would make refinishing even harder.
My guy does stock the 2" boards mostly to make repairs where there may be termite damage or bad stains that require replacement. I got the impression that there are few vendors. In fact, he said there was none to be found for a while some time ago and all he could get was Canadian which wasn't great as it's milled differently and doesn't look the same as the old wood. I believe it has to do with the grain which looks better if it's cut certain ways, but the best looking grain cuts also result in less usable board feet.
Here's a head shaker. Our basement is a walk out on one side and the property varies from good orchard dirt to granite. Most of the basement was dug from breaking the rock and they used a lot of it for foundations and three walls in the walk out room. Anyway, here's a pic where they skim coated the rocks and then put a 4x4 on the rock ledge that holds up one of the beams that carry the floor joists.
On the other side of this wall is a 8x20' concrete front porch and stairs that go up the front door. From what I'd guess, the concrete form needed a little help, so they plugged a hole with a 1938 California license plate.
-Rod
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- Permits didn't exist back then, did they? - Rod M 07/5/2118:26:26 07/5/21 (1)
- Old houses are cool, but They are a lot of work or costly to keep up. - srdavis2000 07:13:34 07/6/21 (0)
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