I've just removed the carpet from a bedroom 16 foot by 12 foot and want to renovate the floorboards. The house was originally a surgery owned by the local health authority and is about a hundred years old. The flooboards have been cut along one of the joists the entire length (16 foot) of the room, leaving two floorboards of roughly four and eight foot in length across the width of the room. The four foot length is the original board and the eight length looks as if they were put down about thirty years ago. Both types of boards are the same width and thickness and both have shrunk slightly leaving gaps. I'm hoping to lift them and relay staggering the joints, by alternating the boards and closing the gaps between. A problem I have is that the original boards have been laid under a wall extending out onto the landing. The wall is like stud partition but bricks fitted in between the timber. What would be the easiest way to cut the floorboards tight into the wall after removing the skirting? A circular saw will not get in close enough and a jigsaw will not either as there is a joist running parallel with the wall. What would be the quickest way to cut the board along the wall?
Are there wood cutting discs suitable for an angle grinder.
I'm also wondering about when rearranging the boards, as their ends will probably not align with the joists and I don't really want to add in extra bits of floorboard, what would be the best way to support their ends.
I was thinking of replacing the whole floor with new boards, but don't feel it looks the same as an old sanded one
Any advice
jack