Hey all
I have just completed a long needed repair to some flooring joists,( 1950 house, which HAD a low spot caused by old water damage)
So since the crawl space's height is not exactly great that would facilitate working under for that kind of work. I removed everything from the inside of the house down to the dirt.
Re-framed with good and straight 2x10s, covered with advantech sub-floor.
I was going to try and use the hardwood that I pulled up but that didn't work as the demolition process kind of tore most of it up so that it wasn't usable.
So I laced in new red oak. It took 5 1/2 bundles, no problem.
The problem is this, what can I do/should do so that the new doesn't look drastically different than the old.:icon_scra the old is, what, 60 years old. No stain just naturally finished.
Should I sand down the entire area or is there a way of blending the new in with the old?:dontknow::dontknow:.
I have just completed a long needed repair to some flooring joists,( 1950 house, which HAD a low spot caused by old water damage)
So since the crawl space's height is not exactly great that would facilitate working under for that kind of work. I removed everything from the inside of the house down to the dirt.
Re-framed with good and straight 2x10s, covered with advantech sub-floor.
I was going to try and use the hardwood that I pulled up but that didn't work as the demolition process kind of tore most of it up so that it wasn't usable.
So I laced in new red oak. It took 5 1/2 bundles, no problem.
The problem is this, what can I do/should do so that the new doesn't look drastically different than the old.:icon_scra the old is, what, 60 years old. No stain just naturally finished.
Should I sand down the entire area or is there a way of blending the new in with the old?:dontknow::dontknow:.