sweet chestnut flooring

[agg221]

I haven't used it for flooring, but I made all my battens out of it. It is definitely softer than oak or beech - more like old growth pine. I pre-drilled all my holes and used stainless nails.

 

I have found it can be a bit 'stringy' when ripsawn perfectly along the grain but it planes up beautifully.

 

The biggest problem is that there can be a lot of internal stress causing it to move when first cut. I have split mine up the middle first, actually by cleaving as it's quicker, and then trued it up.

 

Alec

[Forest2Furniture]

No vapour barrier & battens? That will go very wrong.

 

I know, told the client numerous times but won't listen. He convinced he's right I'm wrong.

[farmerjohn]

I know, told the client numerous times but won't listen. He convinced he's right I'm wrong.

 

standard!!!!

[Woodworks]

No vapour barrier & battens? That will go very wrong.

 

Thought that could work if the concrete had a DPM and the boards are bonded to the floor. Not something I have tried just read about it.

[farmerjohn]

Thought that could work if the concrete had a DPM and the boards are bonded to the floor. Not something I have tried just read about it.

 

you would need a 'paint on vapor barrier' like a tanking system to stop any excess moisture in the concrete getting into the timber.

 

We used it on an existing concrete floor in a house we did not know if there was DPC under the concrete or not. we then fully glued the boards down and it worked very well. Though the flooring was high quality engineered oak flooring so more stable anyway

[Woodworks]

you would need a 'paint on vapor barrier' like a tanking system to stop any excess moisture in the concrete getting into the timber.

 

We used it on an existing concrete floor in a house we did not know if there was DPC under the concrete or not. we then fully glued the boards down and it worked very well. Though the flooring was high quality engineered oak flooring so more stable anyway

 

Way out my depth here but again thought chestnut was very stable when dry.

[Woodworks]

Sorry just noticed that it was engineered oak so not comparable.

[spiral]

I know, told the client numerous times but won't listen. He convinced he's right I'm wrong.

 

Nightmare!

[spiral]

Way out my depth here but again thought chestnut was very stable when dry.

 

 

It is in my experience of slow grown straight grained material... Id guess the faster the growth the more movement , but could be wrong..

[Forest2Furniture]

I use sweet chestnut a lot for furniture and dont seem to get much mivement if any and all the trees used for the floor are slow grown.

Managed to convince the client not to use underfloor heating on a solid wood floor, so that's one battle won!