End grain block - wood flooring cobbles

[SteveA]

I'm looking into making & fitting oak cobbles for our barn floor and came across this bit of history about their use back in the day, quite an interesting read: History | Endgrain

 

I'm gonna try cutting some cordwood rounds (with the cut edges running parallel to each other) and then making rectangle and square blocks by boshing them with a froe.

 

Is this destined to failure?!

cheers, steve

[delabodge]

steve I did a oak end grain patio for a couple last yr, which was all cut like various size squares/bricks etc, right pain to do,but paid well and they loved it,they`d seen it in austria and wanted it replicated,I`ll see if i can dig out a pic,,theres is two parts covered by a ovehanging porch type of thing..

[TheHungrySquirrel]

Made something similar before but milled the logs square then used a big chop saw to get them flat and true

[SteveA]

steve I did a oak end grain patio for a couple last yr, which was all cut like various size squares/bricks etc, right pain to do,but paid well and they loved it,they`d seen it in austria and wanted it replicated,I`ll see if i can dig out a pic,,theres is two parts covered by a ovehanging porch type of thing..

 

Yeah nice one, that'd be great to see your end grain oak cobbles photos, sounds very similar to what I'm thinking of doing.

 

Do you remember how thick you made them?

I'm thinking of making them the same dimensions as the side of a standard red house brick and alternating with square ones.

 

It's probably gonna take me ages to do but looking forwards to getting a proper floor.

What did you use for mortaring them?

Cheers, steve

[SteveA]

Made something similar before but milled the logs square then used a big chop saw to get them flat and true

 

I've got a chainsaw and a froe so gonna try and have a go with that. Not looking for a perfect finish... in fact I would prefer them to be a bit more rustic edged compared with the ones bought off the shelf.

cheers, Steve

[SteveA]

I'm thinking of it looking something this but a bit more rustic on the tile edges:

cheers, Steve

 

[se7enthdevil]

endgrain cobbles were apparently fairly common in the richer parts of london as it kept the noise levels down from the horse and carts that would clatter over them. they were made of jarrah.

[SteveA]

endgrain cobbles were apparently fairly common in the richer parts of london as it kept the noise levels down from the horse and carts that would clatter over them. they were made of jarrah.

 

Yeah, horses were mentioned in the link I gave above. You might be interested in reading that.... being a keen word working geezar and all that.

cheers, steve

[slack ma girdle]

Your friends at PCNPA have tried end grain flooring, and generally had a mare. Changing moisture kept the blocks moving, and generally misbehaving..

[geoff]

Interesting article, and great topic Steve.