I'm ripping up my floors and would like to use some of the wood but can't find any ideas to help. I'm desperate to find someone more creative than myself out there.
I would use it to laminate a coffee table. You could also use it to make some planters. you just have to repaint with outdoor paint. You could also use it as a wall art. nail it onto plywood or mdf and you can create panels and hang it on the wall as art. You could also use it to make a headboard or a room divider. There are plenty of ways to use it. Good luck!
Hi sorry to be answering this so late but here goes. Have laid an engineered oak floor in my house. The underlay will be fine, just make sure that you tape it at the joints to prevent any movement. I laid my floor in the same direction as the existing floor boards, not a problem. Make sure that you use a rubber faced hammer and laminate floor jointing tool to ensure as tight a fit as possible. This will reduce the tell tale signs of the joints as the floor ages, and moves. This will happen because wood does shrink and expand due to heat and moisture in the air. Should you find that the floor creaks in certain places as you walk over it, then a good tip is to run talcum powder in the joint, this will take up the movement of the boards and reduce the friction between them which causes the noise. Make sure to remove all skirting before laying the floor, and make some 10mm spacers to place against the wall to ensure that you have gap that the floor can use to expand. Obviously remove spacers before fitting new skirting. Good luck enjoy your floor.
You can use that used flooring in a variety of wood projects, just be sure to use extra bonding agents when bonding two pieces together. Its great from Cupboards, boxes, trim around windows, or any other wood projects that require the use of plywood or slats to complete. -Birdy
