Do Old Hard Wood Floors 50 Years Ago Have Tongues

Greetings we bought an 1810 house in eastern ohio that has the original wood floors.

Do old hard wood floors 50 years ago have tongues.

After nailing the tongues of one course. Unfortunately past home owners have painted some floors and stained others a honey color and carowted over others. Above that i am installing oak plank flooring. At the same time mass produced 3 8 1 2 3 4 strip hardwood flooring was cheaply available at 10 15 and 20 cents per square foot respectivly.

The floors are 2 thick and range from 6 12 wide and about 15 long. Regardless of the whims of fashion wood floors have retained their enduring appeal particularly for those dwelling in vintage homes. In a typical hardwood flooring installation the tongues of the boards must all face in the same direction. I have a rather large pile that came with the house.

Most of it is about 5 inch wide boards some 2 1 2. How to reverse a tongue groove wood floor. One key in determining how many times the floor has been refinished would be to look at the wear layer that is left on the flooring itself. It was removed by my brother in law a contractor from a job site and all the staples have been removed.

A poor choice of hardwood by one generation is then foisted on the next. They are quater sawn square edge. But the victorian and craftsman revivals of the late 20th century saw a renewed interest in hardwood flooring along with the use of reclaimed lumber to replicate early floors. Why most folk in this city of toronto chose the 3 8 strip saving about 80 dollars in the average house i have no idea.