Hi

I'm having a supporting wall between two rooms knocked down.

How do I 'fill' the gap between the floorboards in each room where the wall 
used to be?

I want to 'fill' with floorboards as I plan to sand them down and varnish.

The joists run in the same direction as the (ex) wall.

Thanks

"sumo"  wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I'm having a supporting wall between two rooms knocked down.
>
> How do I 'fill' the gap between the floorboards in each room where the
wall
> used to be?
>
> I want to 'fill' with floorboards as I plan to sand them down and varnish.
>
> The joists run in the same direction as the (ex) wall.
>
> Thanks
>


Is the wall brick or stud?  You might find that stud walls are actually
built on to the floor and no gaps will be left at all.

On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:31:29 GMT, "BigWallop"
 babbled like a waterfall and said:


>
>"sumo"  wrote in message
>news:eevAe.29440$y86.16287@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>> Hi
>>
>> I'm having a supporting wall between two rooms knocked down.
>>
>> How do I 'fill' the gap between the floorboards in each room where the
>wall
>> used to be?
>>
>> I want to 'fill' with floorboards as I plan to sand them down and varnish.
>>
>> The joists run in the same direction as the (ex) wall.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
>Is the wall brick or stud?  You might find that stud walls are actually
>built on to the floor and no gaps will be left at all.
>

And if not, you rip a load of them up and relay so the ends don't line
up any more.

Brick
"sumo"  wrote in message 
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> Hi
>
> I'm having a supporting wall between two rooms knocked down.
>
> How do I 'fill' the gap between the floorboards in each room where the 
> wall used to be?
>
> I want to 'fill' with floorboards as I plan to sand them down and varnish.
>
> The joists run in the same direction as the (ex) wall.
>
> Thanks
> 

"sumo"  wrote in message
news:3lwAe.29468$y86.23124@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...

> Brick
>

A brick wall will have a foundation of some sort below it, so you really
need to clear the wall right down to that to make the floor good above it.
The brick wall should be just over the width of a modern floor board, so you
shouldn't have much trouble in replacing the one and a tiny bit once the
wall is gone.

I say that the footing support for a brick wall should be cleared well away
from the floor to allow ventilation through the floor once it's complete and
patch.  But you will also need to keep at least the first row of brick work
that holds the joists in place on the footing of course.

But if he does as you say, the new floorboard will be at right-angles to the 
existing floorboards - I'm sure this is not what he wants!!
Having said that, I don't have an anwer.


"BigWallop"  wrote in message 
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>
> "sumo"  wrote in message
> news:3lwAe.29468$y86.23124@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
>> Brick
>>
> A brick wall will have a foundation of some sort below it, so you really
> need to clear the wall right down to that to make the floor good above it.
> The brick wall should be just over the width of a modern floor board, so 
> you
> shouldn't have much trouble in replacing the one and a tiny bit once the
> wall is gone.
>
> I say that the footing support for a brick wall should be cleared well 
> away
> from the floor to allow ventilation through the floor once it's complete 
> and
> patch.  But you will also need to keep at least the first row of brick 
> work
> that holds the joists in place on the footing of course.
>
>