wooden internal step

bgatty68 · Post by **bgatty68** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 1:00 pm

we have an opening in hall way of double doors and the wife would like a big wooden step-over from the hall to the next room, now can i just use a plain bit of timber and sink it into the floor or should i use a particular type of wood (would like it stained after)

big-all · Post by **big-all** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 3:50 pm

are you describing a single tread on a stair or some sort of barrier

if its a small normal step any 18mm+wood will do

you could try your local wood yard for somthing exotic to make a featurre of it

fin · Post by **fin** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:23 pm

i think he means something say 6 inch wide for example rebated so it will sit low down on the floor as like a thresh strip

bgatty68 · Post by **bgatty68** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:48 am

fin has got it, couldnt think of the correct wording

, its for the thresh. Rather than having what most have a aluminium strip between rooms wanted something a bit more fancy

peter c · Post by **peter c** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:19 am

My house has hardwood thresholds to all rooms. They are oak about 12mm thick. Some where french polished but Mrs C requested! that I used paint stripper to return them to their natural state. Well pleased with the results.

Peter C

fin · Post by **fin** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:04 pm

well i guess it depends what type of flooring you have. in my grandparents old house we laid laminate flooring right through the down stairs. but there was a difference in height between hallway and the kitchen. i got a piece of i think 4x1 dressed pine and rebated both sides to the relevant depths. then took the corners off with a block plane and it did the job just nicely. i screwed it down after counter sinking the holes and pluged them. then it was just varnished iirc as the flooring was a light colour beech iirc (beech or beach?? lol i cant remember)