Where to buy imperial(?) floorboards

mike · 2008-07-16T18:40:14+00:00

Just came to lay some new floorboards from Wickes and discoveredthey're a different thickness to what's there. New are nominally18mm, old are 19.4mm. (Is that 3/4 inch in old money?) It doesn'tsound like much but it does seem noticeable. Also the tongues andgrooves are centrally located on the old but offset on the new so theydon't mesh.Are other depths of floorboards still generally available atreasonable prices, maybe at timber merchants such as Lavers ratherthan DIY stores? I don't fancy trying to shim them all or split offthe tongues.Thanks in advance for any info.