Kitchen Floor

Originally Posted by neolitic

They did it that way because
they made T&G with hand planes.
They didn't have Green tools
to play with.

Originally Posted by Leo G

They would put the oak down green, and then it would fracture from the stress from drying. Kind of neat looking. But pretty strong considering it was only 3/8". Most of the floor joists were 2x6, and I mean 2x6 not 1 1/2 x 5 1/2. And they were usually Chestnut. Pretty strong stuff. And after the decades it became very hard. Hard enough where a pneumatic nailer couldn't sink a nail all the time.

Originally Posted by neolitic

Flooring nails are a kind of cut nail.

Originally Posted by WarnerConstInc.

I thought so but, I was hoping that some where there would have been a little industrial technology.

Here is what the orginal floor boards in my house look like:

Originally Posted by neolitic

Yeah, yours are factory stuff,
I meant what Leo's talking about.

Originally Posted by WarnerConstInc.

I got ya, I am really thinking hard about just butting mine. Or at least lapped.