100 Year Old Douglas Fir Floors

The floors were cut out and after lots of sanding cleaning and de nailing they were reinstalled over 3 4 in plywood subfloors.

100 year old douglas fir floors.

I have very rustic quality doug fir tx floors. However many fir floors do still have a lot of life left in them. My two part question is. 3 1 4 or 3 1 8 vertical grain douglas fir is found in many 1940 homes and prior in the fargo moorhead area.

How to refinish a 100 year old wood floor. I have 90 year old heart wood pine floors with this problem. But there is a lot of give and movement between many of the boards and i am being told any patch jobs will likely need to be redone in one or two years. Regardless of the distressed quality i would like to fill the gaps sand it.

There are a lot of gaps between the floor boards and numerous chips and gouges everywhere. I ve been refinishing 100 year old douglas fir floors in a cabin previously there was no subfloor nailed to joists and the floor was painted with red latex paint. In reality these old fir floors are often a gem waiting to be polished. Whether you ve been admiring your old wood floor for years or you just discovered it hidden under some old carpeting refinishing it can be a feast for.

Hi joseph here is my question again regarding filling the cracks in an old doug fir floor. There are also many areas where the nails are showing and areas that need to be patched.