Great demo. I've only uncovered a very small area in my dining room, but the light from the basement shines through quite well. It's very likely the entire house needs gaps filled. I wasn't sure what to do about them, but now I follow your directions and be able to take up the floating floors & carpet and bring back some of the original charm to the floors. Thanks so much!
The best video I’ve found regarding what has happened to the floors in my apartment. I know now that the wood expanded and whom ever filled in the gaps didn’t do a harsh job! When I sweep the floors the small wood that filled in the gaps comes up smh.
thanks Stanley. I think you understate the level of skills you are using. It's not so easy to flash the hand plane like that! But very satisfying to watch.
I watched this video and then I did this to half a dozen bathroom floors in my house and let me tell you, it was f’ckin awesome. It’s not hard and the effect is beautiful. Cutting them off is easiest with a multitool.
Good idea I've never seen this before I have gaps in my old flat I noticed after taking my old carpet off from my hallway. I will look into this as theirs only a few and it's not laminate flooring its original old wood flooring so the wood lays side by side. 👏👏
Very helpful information as I have gaps on my shower room floor after pulling carpet up and deciding to keep a wooden floor, one of the best videos, very informative with good detail!!
Wonder if you can help Stan as I have now finished the slithers and all sanded down looks good I may add thank you. The old tounge and grove floor is quite old my cottage was built in 1700 and not sure what type of wood it is as the extension for bathroom added later, the old wood panels are quite neat with some bits of panels added obviously due to plumbing work , it has previously been varnished and painted by the looks of things. I want to create a type of distressed look not too dark and definitely not orange looking. More of a nice medium brown with some dark/blackish chips and wonky lines incorporated. I have looked at other videos on how to distress wood using tools to knock it about a little. Firstly do I have to pre-treat the wood before I stain to stop oranging of wood over time and use anything to prevent wood knots from leaking fluid (not sure.) Is wood filler ok for staining over screws and nails? What product would you recommend to use for the procedure, stain/hardening varnish for wear and tear? I have seen videos where they use a blow torch to get a battered old look which looks nice as well. I want a matte/satin finish. Any ideas? Thanks Stan.
Sorry missed this ! Osmo floor oil is brilliant for the final finish. As for matching colour it's a trial system on a sample board I used a black paint/stain then sanded it back which darkened the grain perfectly before i added a Anquite pine stain then Osmo oil in a satin finish. Osmo certainly darkens up the boards by about 45% without the stain, but always check on a sample board first.
@@stanley5850 do you work in the Croydon area? I’d love for you to do my flooring. It’s a Victorian flat from 1902, just uncovered the original floorboards. Do please get in touch if you are available! Thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you for sharing - very useful video. Be great to see the same but specifically addressing how this is best solved when right up against the wall...
Thanks for great information I’ve been debating for years and years to find away to deal with this problem in the bedroom after we had the central heating was put in & the heating guys ripped up the boards and left one with huge gap and it would be the most obvious place directly in front of the door too , I’ve tried various things including foam tube thing but it just falls through and then I up buying a new carpet But now I’m going to use the slivers you’ve linked to even though I really only want about 6 in total hay ho I just sell the unwanted back on eBay I love how you’ve done the bit around the hearth now what time can you come to sort out mine 🤣🤣
😂😂.. has he turned up yet? have you got any of those things left? I've got 2 rooms and a passage way to do. Gaps are fairly wide. Can feel the cold draft.
@@CherDele still waiting 🤣 I used all mine what I would do next time is get one of those multi tools that have a flat blade to trim of the excess ,I’m sure it would have been easier than a blunt saw & my trusty hacksaw & especially if your in a restricted space .good luck in your endeavours to a for draft free winter
Hmmm. Seems like a very 'permanent' solution. I have cables, pipes etc under the boards that might need to be ripped out in the future. I've found original jute cord used as caulking between some of the boards. Would that work too?
Hi. Nice work ! Please give me an ideea what if the gap is between lamibate floir biards ? Can I use a small piece of a aluminium bar in the same colour cutted in size and fixing it with fkexible adhesuve ? Gripfill ? Or ? Many thanka.
Thanks for the video. I have lovely floor boards I want to restore all over the house. In the bedrooms do you suggest insulating under the floor boards to help stop sounds problems from below.
Joseph, now that all the floor boards are fix down I'm afraid no. The insulation process would need to have taken place before, for example in between the joists then the boards).
Thanks so much, this is the kind of fix I've been thinking of and have been searching for all week - we have an old wood floor covered with linoleum and I really didn't want to just hide it with new linoleum again, and I was curious if this would work as it has some very large gaps 👍
@@stanley5850 great idea, I'll remember to try it on a floor that's worth the work someday, the one we had had rotted in a few spots because of water staying trapped under the linoleum fot years and I just redid the whole thing 👷
Great video!! I have a question if you don't mind answering! Should I keep the new slivers of wood in the house for some time before installing them? As well some of our floorboards have gaps and some are tight up against each other. Is it okay to only fill the gaps and not the others? Thanks so much!
This is more than 5 years after you posted the video so you're probably not answering questions. But here's one in case someone sees this and knows what to do. I have a hardwood floor in an old house. Probably oak flooring. So if I use this method which means use the pine slivers, then sand everything and stain it, won't the pine take the stain differently from the oak and be very visible? Is there such thing as oak slivers? Or what to do? I definitely don't want different colored strips in my floor.
Hi, I have just moved into a property with lovely exposed pine floorboards. However the gaps have been filled with a filler of some kind that is now cracked and missing in many places. I’d like to fill with slivers, though the floorboards themselves are in great condition really don’t need resanding with industrial sander. What would you recommend?
If the tongue is still complete, I would advise raking out the filler and leave alone ,only sliver if the gaps are over powering to look at. If the tongues of the boards have been cut off e.g for plumbing reasons then this would be the time to clean the gaps and then sliver. Don't forget only sliver where you really need it, or you're going to end up with a big job and lots of sanding!!! Good luck
Where did you get the slithers. I have an inch or 2 inch gaps. Was thinking of using circular saw to cut 2-3ich slithers not sure how easy to cut tiny floor board slithers
@@stanley5850 that's what I thought. 👍 While you're there...I'm replacing some of the boards. Would you fix them with nails or screws and if its screws, any particular sort?
@@clairespex4314 I found that nails spit the wood, you could pre drill to help this problem, but I preferred a screw set deep into the board then knocked a glued wooden dowel over the screw for a nice finish. Make sure the screw is long enough to bite the floor joists 40mm, watch out for water pipes!!👍
Hey thank you for sharing this . I will need to go through this soon. Can you please tell me how they call this little woods sticks and were I can buy them . Thank you in advance
Not really need glueing in. If you need to lift in the future multi tool them with a straight edge. Maybe use the Draughtex which is covered in one of my other vids 👍
@Elizabeth Hernandez did you ever find these in the US? I’ve tried with no luck as well. I placed an order online from a UK company but they cancelled the order, saying they don’t ship to the US.
@@stanley5850 can't find any pine floorboard slivers in my area but find some planks we can turn into slivers, any suggestions on how to do this? Should they be tapered or is it ok if they go in straight?
