floorboards would have been made from oak or a soft wood that would
have been stained to look like a hardwood. They would of been hand cut
and nailed down at right angles to the underneath joists. In the grander
rooms, boards of 5 - 8 inches were used and the larger 8 - 10 were used
in the less noble rooms and houses.
Victorian houses used wooden floorboards. They
were laid onto joists and nailed down. The floor boards created a suspended
floor, where the air-gap helped to prevent damp.
floorboards were narrower than the Victorians. They were butted up against
each other or tongue and grooved. Boards were made from pine or deal
and stained or waxed to look like hardwood. Bedroom wooden floors would
of been parquet or boards painted white with a rug in the centre.
flooring was popular between the Edwardian and Thirties period. Parquet
flooring is most suitable for solid floors i.e. concrete, which would
most likely to be on the ground floor of the house like the hall and
living space. Parquetry is small blocks of hardwood glued down onto
a subfloor providing a hardwearing surface to cater with daily life.
The block would be laid down in a geometrical pattern to create a decorative
effect; the herringbone pattern was most popular.
and Oak Floor Boards
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