Do Old Hard Wood Floors 50 Years Ago Have Tongues

My question is related to the wide boards do not have tongue and groove milled into the.

Do old hard wood floors 50 years ago have tongues.

Above that i am installing oak plank flooring. 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. Greetings we bought an 1810 house in eastern ohio that has the original wood floors. I have a rather large pile that came with the house.

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. 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. The wear layer is the area above the tongue and groove. Unfortunately past home owners have painted some floors and stained others a honey color and carowted over others.

Most of it is about 5 inch wide boards some 2 1 2. 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. In a typical hardwood flooring installation the tongues of the boards must all face in the same direction. The floors are 2 thick and range from 6 12 wide and about 15 long.

A poor choice of hardwood by one generation is then foisted on the next. How to reverse a tongue groove wood floor. Regardless of the whims of fashion wood floors have retained their enduring appeal particularly for those dwelling in vintage homes. They are quater sawn square edge.