Endgrain Flooring (Cobblewood)
NOTE TO THOSE WHO WANT TO DO THIS…
Please don't use regular grout like me. The wood shrinks slightly and is allowed to move because of the urethane adhesive remaining pliable. There's tiny little cracks where the wood has separated on the outer tiles in the room. It's not going to weather well, so I'm replacing the grout in the near future. Thank goodness endgrain floors are cheap material cost. Everything else I did was fine, but the grout was an experiment that proved bad. I'll leave this project here so you can see it, but be warned - I have now decided to try other grout mixes using flexible wood filler or epoxy/resin/sawdust mixes.
About 4 years ago I did the entire 1st floor of my condo in redwood endgrain. It was time consuming, difficult, aggravating, and one of the most fun projects I've ever done. I have decided to take you guys through a step by step journey as I do a new endgrain floor in my house. I'm going to start with one room at a time and take you through the process of building the floor from scratch. I'll also throw in some of the information I've found about end grain flooring as I go along. Once the project is finished, I'll compile a video of it all so you can see it in a compressed time lapsed way. Until that day… you'll have do do with pictures and wordy paragraphs as I try and test some of the new ways I've devised to make this floor happen in a more efficient manor than the first time I did it. If you want to see the floor I did before please look at my projects gallery. It's in there.
I just started the tear down process of the room. I took out al the furniture. I removed the carpet, tack strips and junk on the floor. Now I'm going to clean it off and begin preparing the subfloor. Here's where I'm at… These will serve as the "before" pictures…
NOTE TO THOSE WHO WANT TO DO THIS…
Please don't use regular grout like me. The wood shrinks slightly and is allowed to move because of the urethane adhesive remaining pliable. There's tiny little cracks where the wood has separated on the outer tiles in the room. It's not going to weather well, so I'm replacing the grout in the near future. Thank goodness endgrain floors are cheap material cost. Everything else I did was fine, but the grout was an experiment that proved bad. I'll leave this project here so you can see it, but be warned - I have now decided to try other grout mixes using flexible wood filler or epoxy/resin/sawdust mixes.
About 4 years ago I did the entire 1st floor of my condo in redwood endgrain. It was time consuming, difficult, aggravating, and one of the most fun projects I've ever done. I have decided to take you guys through a step by step journey as I do a new endgrain floor in my house. I'm going to start with one room at a time and take you through the process of building the floor from scratch. I'll also throw in some of the information I've found about end grain flooring as I go along. Once the project is finished, I'll compile a video of it all so you can see it in a compressed time lapsed way. Until that day… you'll have do do with pictures and wordy paragraphs as I try and test some of the new ways I've devised to make this floor happen in a more efficient manor than the first time I did it. If you want to see the floor I did before please look at my projects gallery. It's in there.
I just started the tear down process of the room. I took out al the furniture. I removed the carpet, tack strips and junk on the floor. Now I'm going to clean it off and begin preparing the subfloor. Here's where I'm at… These will serve as the "before" pictures…