We have just removed about 150 square feet of Walnut 1X6X10's from our house. They were the original floors and not tongue and groove. We thought it was probably oak, until I cut the end off of one to see what it looked like. We will removing more, as we remodel other rooms. I think we will plane these and use to make a tongue and groove walnut floor in one or more rooms in another area of our house. What I would like to know, is how do I store these? To the best of my knowledge they were laid when the house was built about 130 years ago. For the most part they are straight and flat (a few have a little cupping but not much). They were the original floor with nothing under them, the house has a crawl space with stone foundation and I would say was fairly moist but the boards have minimum damage.
When we reinstall these, they will not be exposed to moisture, as they will be over a plywood subfloor. Do they need to be dried further for that? I don't want to take steps that may warp or otherwise damage them.
Thanks for any advise!
Angela
When we reinstall these, they will not be exposed to moisture, as they will be over a plywood subfloor. Do they need to be dried further for that? I don't want to take steps that may warp or otherwise damage them.
Thanks for any advise!
Angela