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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)

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

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

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

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

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)