Monkey puzzle floor boards

[topchippyles]

16 minutes ago, gobbypunk said:

Hi I thought monkey puzzle was Chilean Pine but you learn something new every day ,but defo better than cedar of Lebanon and free as I have a load of monkey puzzle in the yard i

Its very close to the pine family,I have used it for lamp stands in the past,Found some nice pictures of different looking pieces 

 

 

 

 

 

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[topchippyles]

What sort of area/room are you putting the floor ??

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[nepia]

12 hours ago, topchippyles said:

For floor boards carpeted over they will be fine.Would not have an issue using it myself, Its hard on the planer so that is what i go by.

Without being adversarial here why on Earth would you bother using such beautiful timber for your floorboards if you were going to hide them with carpet?  Surely that's what 8x4 chipboard from B&Q is for!

[The avantgardener]

It depends on the finish you want. I prefer a simple, rather than crazy/busy look to a floor. Monkey puzzle would fit into the latter but could look ace, or make you dizzy with a hangover.

Carpet slippers at the door as high heels will ruin it.

The best floor that I laid was in a two up two down terraced house in Manchester, knocked through downstairs into open plan, still not a huge area, so

we used the timber that we had reclaimed from a cycling velodrome. They usually used Maple or Beeech but this one was Ash, 1.5” boards, pure white and straight grained. We managed to get enough lengths to lay it with no joints, screwed down through the tongues, seemless end to end, finished with beeswax.

[topchippyles]

Ash makes a cracking staircase to so can imagine the floor finish would have looked lush ?

[topchippyles]

1 hour ago, nepia said:

Without being adversarial here why on Earth would you bother using such beautiful timber for your floorboards if you were going to hide them with carpet?  Surely that's what 8x4 chipboard from B&Q is for!

If you are doing up an old house with existing floor boards that need replacing ?? so to speak