As you may know, we have recently bought a house and currently nearing the end of the major works required (part electrical rewire as the house was equipped with one single socket in each room! plus a full gas central heating install). Anyway, as some of the floorboards havent been touched since being fitted in the 1930s, when prising them up, a few of them splitered to destruction meaning some new 20.5mm floorboards were required.
Also, I have found evidence of woodworm... to the point where some seemingly fine boards were like powder on the underside! Now, I know its treatable and already have the Cuprinol stuff ready for tonight. I wont be taking chances with the flooring and will be ripping up every single board over the next week.
My question now is, when I'm putting the new boards down, can I fit them at an angle to the joists? Is there any building legislation preventing me doing this? I know that I'll use more boards as there will be more waste due to the angled cuts at the walls, but if I'm doing this, I might as well do it the way I'd like to the first time!
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If I can put them diagonally, which way of fitting would be best? Cutting the boards at an angle or straight (see pic)? I suspect going at an angle will mean that any screws going in at the end of the boards may cause the board to split? It would be tongue and groove boards going on by the way, directly onto the joists.