As lovely as they may be doing them on a budget isn t quite so easy so we figured out how to get great wood floors on a small budget.
Make your own hardwood floor boards.
Photo by steve maxwell pine makes a terrific finished floor.
Measure the face width of the existing flooring add the width of its tongue then set the table saw s fence that same distance away from the blade.
Buy your wood from a local lumber store.
Creating your own hardwood floors tongue and groove joint.
Popular uses for this joint are in the creation of doors panels and table tops.
Fir and pine are very soft wood so it ll get marks and dings easier than a hardwood such as oak.
Any type of wood will work.
Apply a vapor barrier down before installing the wood planks.
Set up the shaper or router table with a tongue and groove cutter.
If you want a wood floor pine is beautiful easy to install and less expensive than most carpet vinyl or hardwood flooring.
Rip the new boards.
Another function for this joint is seen in hardwood floors.
Adjust the fence and cutter height using a scrap piece of material adjust the cutter height and fence position until you have it set up correctly to run your flooring.
Get your groove back.
Tips for making your own plank flooring using 1 x 12 lumber.
Now cut the new boards to width by running the tongue side against the fence.
Run all of the flooring through the machine on one of the long sides and one of the ends.