Hi Jan
I am going to try to find a rug or carpet piece that I can fold in half (to double the protection) and put that under the recliner. That idea was suggested by one of our group members.. I think that might be the best thing yet as long as the carpet piece is thick enough.
I like your idea of the duct tape and will try that.
We have a couple of 5 x 7 rugs in the living room as protection from the 2 dogs we have. Also have a couple of runners. Would love to not have any rugs or runners at all because the pine floors look so nice.
We have not noticed any wear on the floors yet. Only indention from the dogs nails if they run and slide. That seems to ad character to the boards. I try to keep their nails shorter which might help to avoid scraching. Not sure.
We did nail down the boards with square nails because we wanted those too look old too. My husband predrilled each and ever hole. We did not want any boards to split or crack when the nails were put in. There was already a subfloor in the house. Was there from the previous owners. I had pulled up the carpets and pad about 8 years prior to putting down the boards.
It took us 5 weeks to complete this project. Bedroom, large living room and dining room.
The boards have never shifted and there is no creaking.
Joyce aka Mom aka Joycie
I am going to try to find a rug or carpet piece that I can fold in half (to double the protection) and put that under the recliner. That idea was suggested by one of our group members.. I think that might be the best thing yet as long as the carpet piece is thick enough.
I like your idea of the duct tape and will try that.
We have a couple of 5 x 7 rugs in the living room as protection from the 2 dogs we have. Also have a couple of runners. Would love to not have any rugs or runners at all because the pine floors look so nice.
We have not noticed any wear on the floors yet. Only indention from the dogs nails if they run and slide. That seems to ad character to the boards. I try to keep their nails shorter which might help to avoid scraching. Not sure.
We did nail down the boards with square nails because we wanted those too look old too. My husband predrilled each and ever hole. We did not want any boards to split or crack when the nails were put in. There was already a subfloor in the house. Was there from the previous owners. I had pulled up the carpets and pad about 8 years prior to putting down the boards.
It took us 5 weeks to complete this project. Bedroom, large living room and dining room.
The boards have never shifted and there is no creaking.
Joyce aka Mom aka Joycie
On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 2:45 PM 'oakridgefarm@gmail.com' oakridgefarm@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hi Joyce, I don't have an answer to your question but do have a question of my own. We have 1x10" pine floors in our bathroom, stained, original to 1994. They do show some wear and a little damage from water but I still love them. We have the same upstairs which were never stained, still perfect after 25+ years. I would love to put the same downstairs - over the concrete, which isn't perfectly level. We do have large area rugs that cover most of the floors. Did you begin with a subfloor? Did you use glue to avoid nailing? Have you noticed much shifting/drying out in the 4 years? My current option is peel and stick planks on the bare areas in front of the door and around the cooktop.
We really never noticed much scratching or dents upstairs - although most of the furniture was on the rug - at least the front two feet. Just normal area rugs, smallest is 10x12', regular backing, no rubber. My husbands recliner has dented the rug we have downstairs. The metal leg buttons actually made holes in the rug, which I had to "repair" when I moved the furniture around. I assume you are not using rugs, maybe a small area run under his recliner would help? When we lived in town with beautiful hardwood floors I eventually ended up using duct tape under each end of the runners to keep them from sliding. Didn't seem to harm the floors at all, did need to replace occasionally when I waxed the floors.
Jan Flood
On Jan 6, 2019, at 5:06 AM, Joyce O theoldhen@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself] <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
We put in 10 inch pine planks about 4 years ago. They were barn boards that were beautifully planed and sanded when we purchases them.
I have fleece type pieces of fabric or thick non rubber backed rugs under all legs or small furniter to avoid scratching or denting the floors.
Under my husbands recliner we have those hard plastic/foam on one side things that are used to move furniture.
The metal under his recluner is metal and we know it would scratch and gougde the floor terrible if something is not under it.
We had problems of those things sliding (of course) and permanently attached them to the floor using a wood screw. Only have one screw in each of the back ones.
My problem is that so far the recliner has not totally slid off those things but has come close. What else can we use that wont slide arounc, wont mar the floor and wont eventually stick to the floor like some rubber backed throw rugs do?
We also have a problem with our area rugs and runners moving when our happy go lucky 1 year old cattle dog comes into the room. We are both feeling he loves the thrill of the rugs sliding with him on it as he crosses the room.
I have bought those rubber mat type things made just for rugs but eventually they begin to slide after a few months. Feeling that might be from dust, I put the mats in the washer and washed the floors but that only helped for a few days.
Any tried and true ideas for either one of my prolbems.?<Brady Dec 2018.jpg>
Joyce aka Mom aka Joycie
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