How To Hand Plane Uneven Floor Boards

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How to hand plane uneven floor boards.

Here are links to tools used in this video. Essentially a hump on the floor was created by the excessively crowning joist. Laying laminate over uneven floorboards. This process was fairly simple and straightforward the details are below.

Cut the boards to final length and you re ready to start your project. The current flooring is thick pine plank in various widths from 6 to 8 inches. Or thicker you can use the planer for this step. The main defining characteristic of each type of hand plane is size.

When you re planing the edges inspect the wide face. If the board is 1 1 2 in. See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscribe to t. To address this unique area of the floor we decided to remove the existing 5 8 inch osb plane the joist using a standard handheld planer and install new osb over the joists.

I have a bedroom which is half floorboards and half plywood sheets where it has been extended previously. Choose the appropriate hand plane for your job. It will be smooth in one direction and rough in the other. The longer the body of a plane the more accurately it will straighten wood as the length of the body allows the plane to bridge peaks and troughs in the wood s surface.

A power planer makes quick work of planing away the high area but you can also plane it by hand with a manual planer. When the subfloor is reinstalled you ll have an even floor. Hand planes come in several different varieties. On rough lumber you can feel the fibers by running your hand over the board.

Hold the boards together as they enter and exit the planer. This old house general contractor tom silva demonstrates the proper way to use hand planes. With some boards you might get tearout in both directions. When you are dealing with uneven floors one option that you have is to use self leveling compound.

Vintage stanley no. I have very uneven floors. Feed the smooth direction forward into the wood planer. Learn how to use traditional woodworking hand tools to dimension your lumber.

Or if you have several thinner boards of the same thickness you can gang plane them all at once.