Ok heres the deal...
I am almost at the end of a house renovation.
I love the look that exosed floorboards give a house esp with clean cut walls, but heres my dilemma.
Part of the floor contains a large piece of concrete floor which basically means that stripping the floor is a very difficult job requiring removal of the concrete etc.
I was tempted by sea grass carpet - but its v expensive and not really as nice as exposed wood.
What do painted floorboards look like?
Any good alternatives to exposed floorboards?
Ideas anyone??
What do painted floorboards look like?
Nice, but useless if you intend doing any 'walking' on this floor. Painted floorboards, even when the proper paint, never last any time at all.
the removal of concrete sounds like a right ball ache,
why is there concrete? is it deep?
even if you removed the concrete would you need to get involved with floor joists and laying new/reclaimed timber?
bit confused with the concrete,
need pics 🙂
Sounds like bodies under the floor, imo
I'd leave it
Why do you need to take the conc up? You need a floating wood floor.
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