Filling Floorboard Gaps with Pine Slivers | Cottage Renovations!

[@shellywinters1093]

One of my pet hates is when people renovate old houses and keep the floors with all the horrid gaps in them. I always think how cold and drafty they must be. Absolutely love the time and effort you put into upgrading that floor it looks truly amazing.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks very much

[@TDiem-vh9zv]

I'm quite amazed at the patience you exhibited during this part of the project. Ingenious and well worth it and most importantly, done with love for your lovely girls.

[@melanieronbrooks80]

Those floors are going to look amazing when they are completed. Nothing better than old wood floors.

[@OffGridBruce]

Can’t wait for them to be done

[@daedalusjones3804]

Last time I was around your channel you were down in the dumps feeling that this was the worst time in your life regarding making an income. Well I watched your workshop bench go in and now work on the upstairs bedrooms and I am sure this investment in time and energy will be worth it because your place will be worth a ton of money and you will own it clear title. It is really shaping up. Good job.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you, feeling great about the progress :)

[@Madonnalitta1]

The best things take time, it looks beautiful. All your hard work was worth it.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks. Definitely going to be worth it when it is done

[@angleaschroeder6531]

Oh my goodness Bruce! Those floors are absolutely beautiful! One day your girls are going to be reminiscing and they will remember the love you put into everything you do for your precious family! Merry Christmas to you all - and a special hello to Anne with her precious heart and smile!

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas to you too :)

[@dylan3657]

enjoy your next few pints well earned

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks I will :)

[@julesflynn6477]

Elsie's floor looks fab! 😍 Also wanted to make a special mention of that transition between day 1 and 2! Very profesh 👌

[@OffGridBruce]

You noticed that huh? 😂

[@sandratownley3252]

The floors are already looking fabulous. Can't wait to see them finished

[@OffGridBruce]

🙏

[@leapingkitties]

Nice to see something different from tongue and groove. It's going to beautiful when it's oiled. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 🎄

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas

[@skrtskit1521]

What a labor of love. You are such a gift to your family. Have a beautiful Christmas.💕💕🎶🎶

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you! You too!

[@aprilriordan8202]

Wow the floors are looking amazing! Who would of thought they’d have come up so well , can’t wait to see them finished and oiled , have a fabulous Christmas 😊

[@OffGridBruce]

Same to you April :)

[@FrazerNeil-r1k]

Well done Brucey. Always love seeing your progress and family full of love! 🎉

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks frazzle :)

[@veronicacampion6595]

The girls are so lucky to have you Bruce the love and dedication you put into the floor is amazing, its beautiful well done and happy new year to you Annie and the girls 🙂🙂🙂

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 😊 happy new year

[@Donneczka1]

Happy Holidays Bruce and family! 🎄🎄🎄 As always, Bruce, your work is beautiful! These projects are done with painstaking precision! Very much admire tenacity, problem solving, and ingenuity! All the BEST in the new year to come!

[@OffGridBruce]

Many thanks! Same to you 🙏

[@TDiem-vh9zv]

I'm quite amazed at the patience you exhibited during this part of the project. Ingenious and well worth it and most importantly, done with love for your lovely girls.

[@OffGridBruce]

It was very tedious work but end result was worth it

[@gabrielgreenham]

Very sharp and beautiful work I'm happy to see you back

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Gabriel

[@bettysadlier8708]

Fabulous work bruce very tiring and back-breaking work but it is so worth it in years to come your girls will look back at these videos and be so proud of all the hard work you put into making a beautiful home for them and done with so much love i hope you all had a happy and peaceful Christmas and all the best for 2024 .

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Betty hope you had a great Christmas and new year

[@tonylynch8092]

Happy Christmas to you and your Lovely Family.

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas

[@mikebourke1185]

Fantastic work.Bruce you have grear patience 😀 Merry Christmas to you and Family 😊

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Mike. Merry Christmas

[@maryhb1954]

Merry Christmas, Bruce, to you and yours. Enjoy the holiday break!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks, you too!

[@franceswatts4001]

In years to come Betsy will still be telling family and friends “look! I put that piece in the floor!”. The floors look absolutely gorgeous.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks. It was a lot of work but worth it

[@sharonadlam3195]

Hi Bruce, for all those little gaps still remaining, if you mix some sawdust with the wood glue you can use that mix to fill in these small gaps. Hope you Annie & the girls have a lovely holiday season

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 🙏 merry Christmas

[@kray2001]

I have never thought of this for gaps. How wonderful even though I know it took lots of work. Amazing!

[@OffGridBruce]

Worth it now

[@kray2001]

I did a floor in a rental home for my son, Oh if I had only known that helpful thing@@OffGridBruce

[@christinamontano11]

amazing floor. so much love went into this! and yes, Annie I can see the floor spirit. Happy Christmas 🎄

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas Christina 🙏

[@dreadedscotslass]

Merry Xmas to you, Annie, Elsie, Betsy and all the animals ❤

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas

[@paulfarrell2250]

Bruce the floor is fabulous you are a great man god bless you. Have a happy Christmas

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Paul :)

[@ElisandeWalters]

so impressed with the work you´re putting in there. I understand it must be frustrating to have to stop now, it's obvious you were willing to put the work in to get it finished. Looks great so far, though - and you definitely earned a break! See you next year.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks guys. I am enjoying not doing a lot these last couple of days

[@TerryTerryTerry]

Lovely result on the floors! Well done on year’s accomplishments and Happy New Year to all.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Terry. Happy new year

[@patrickbobbett6358]

Fab floor and respect for your perseverance! How many times in the future will enjoy it.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you Patrick

[@ivar-22]

Merry Christmas 🎄 to you and your family, Bruce. Happy Holidays 😊

[@OffGridBruce]

Happy holidays

[@swirlgalaxy]

Happy Christmas Bruce to you & yours!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas to you too

[@andrewfeaver2805]

Fantastic job Bruce!!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you 🙏

[@richardomalley1746]

Great job Bruce and a peaceful Christmas to yo Annie and the children

[@OffGridBruce]

Same to you

[@cclose8007]

Looks great. Merry Christmas and winter solstice blessings 🎄

[@OffGridBruce]

Happy solstice to you too

[@jacksg1809]

Job well done Bruce enjoy ur Christmas with ur family come back after a break u will feel so much better.Merry Christmas to u all 🎄🎁🎉🎊🥳🙏

[@OffGridBruce]

Hit the new year running :)

[@ko6el]

Beautiful Bruce All good things to you Annie Elsie & Betsy for the coming year 🕊️

[@OffGridBruce]

Same to you! :)

[@MrMarketboy]

Great work, very inspiring. Take a well deserved break.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you! Will do! :)

[@malcolmduggan5130]

Happy Christmas Bruce to you and your lovely family..

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas Malcolm

[@peanut292]

Merry Christmas. Hope your few enforced days off allow your back and knees to recover. Hope you all have a lovely Christmas

[@OffGridBruce]

You too :)

[@melhand3990]

Floor turned out beautiful.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks

[@freedomforestlife]

Floor looks awesome! I think Annie floorboard face also looks like an Octopus 🐙 💚✌🌿

[@OffGridBruce]

😂 octopus spirit

[@davidlipski863]

Thanks for the videos and a merry xmas to you all.🎄🎄🎄🎄

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas David

[@carolfaberpeake857]

The floors look amazing Bruce!! Hard work for sure but the girls are going to love their rooms 🎉🎉🎉 Merry Christmas 🎄

[@OffGridBruce]

We are enjoying the space this Christmas Eve though it’s not finished

[@seanshannon9910]

Great video I realised this back breaking job, excellent finish kind regards Sean from the Burren

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Sean merry Christmas

[@Dannyp8038]

Happy Christmas to you and your family, looking forward to seeing your vlogs in the New Year 🎉

[@OffGridBruce]

Going to try and be more on the vlogs in the new year :)

[@delindasmith5993]

Great work on the floors.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you!

[@garyhollywell2112]

Great job Bruce a lot of knee and back breaking work very well done. Wishing you all a brilliant Christmas and hopefully some down time between the chores and some nice food. Enjoy

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Gary merry Christmas

[@johnoleary528]

The floor looks superb. Happy Christmas to you all and look forward to seeing the progress in 2024. Enjoy the festivities 😊

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks John merry Christmas

[@lizwilson6633]

Job well done, floors are going to look amazing once oiled. Merry Xmas xxxx

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Liz :)

[@sharonharrison5463]

Best wishes to you and your family. I am so impressed with your floor project. Looking forward to seeing the completed look. Good job!!!

[@OffGridBruce]

Think it’s going to look great when it’s done

[@annefaught6009]

What a mind numbing job that was! Well done Bruce. Happy Christmas from Alaska. Enjoy your time off from the floor.

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks, you too!

[@virginianoor-b6f]

Merry Christmas ❤️

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas

[@ZuzanaWalsh]

Amazing floor. I didn’t know what to do with our floorboards in the bedroom and now I know 😂thank you ❤ Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas

[@AbellTo]

Mate, you have real stamina! Top job and thanks for putting out a video on your progress. Regards Darren from Derbyshire

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Darren

[@neddyboy4846]

Merry Christmas 🤶

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas

[@keitho77]

To say that looks like painstaking work is an understatement. Well done on sticking with it!! Bit late now, but could you MacGyver some sort of extension handle for the belt sander so you could use it while standing instead of on your knees?

[@OffGridBruce]

I did contemplate that. I am going to hire a big sander to finish the job in the new year

[@kmoon2921]

The floor looks fantastic Bruce, 👏👏

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Keith

[@Marie-yx5ie]

Your tool box and nail's set you on this road of renovateing your family home. I asked my Mam at 15 year's of age could I have a sewing machine, I would have sewed a lot by hand and I used one in Secondary school. She bought me a second hand one from a sewing machine shop and that machine was used and used so much. I am forever grateful to my Mam as you are to your Dad. You are all doing amazing work. Have a good rest this Christmas.. Happy Christmas to you all and Happy New Year 2024 🥳🎉🎊🥳🎅🤶🎄 the girl's will be over the moon in the new year with their new bedroom's well done guy's 👏👏👏👍😉🇮🇪☘️Eire

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Marie. Very grateful to my dad for sure

[@richardmiller6930]

Happy Christmas to all. I just hope in the summer when the floor expands it does not top!!

[@OffGridBruce]

Merry Christmas 🎄 I’d say they will shrink in the summer if anything

[@melhand3990]

Happy Christmas Bruce

[@OffGridBruce]

Happy Christmas

[@SlackSlackSlackSlack]

Great job!! We were not as brave as yourself, we used rope and covered with wood glue/filler.

[@OffGridBruce]

I contemplated that option too. I’d say that way was a lot quicker? It took me ages to it this way

[@SlackSlackSlackSlack]

@@OffGridBruce yes definitively but yours looks nicer.

[@MarkDavis1704]

Great Job! I have seen some use string for the same job. Have a great Christmas!

[@OffGridBruce]

I had seen that too. I did contemplate that idea

[@brianraftery1645]

Nice job 👍

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks 👍

[@shanefloyd6427]

Love your video's ❤. I thought you would need the gaps for expansion. I would have lifted to floor boards and set them closer together and then used screws but a nice job

[@OffGridBruce]

Hindsight I should have lifted and refitted the floorboards but I made that impossible when I skipped ahead with the other jobs. In my mind they will be at max expansion at this time of year and more likely to shrink as we head towards spring and summer but I guess I’ll find out soon enou

[@garywilliams5675]

Hi Bruce, I’ve done, what your doing, in the past and had to use a nail punch on all of nails before I could sand the floorboards down, because sandpaper on the sander kept ripping, good luck. A very merry Christmas and a happy healthy New Year to you and your family 👍

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Gary

[@OffGridGetAway]

Beautiful…

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you 😊

[@joobrien]

Starting to look great, awesome effort!

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks! :)

[@anthonyflynn7782]

Good job on the boards, they look very smart. Happy Christmas to you and the gang x

[@OffGridBruce]

Thanks Anthony

[@peadaroloughlin3270]

Well done Bruce. Good idea to glue just one side. And btw 3 cheers for that cordless multi tool. There's a stand up comedian from Co.Monaghan who would get great mileage out of that whole job.. 'Ayy..that was some craic ye had there now me boy'... ;-)

[@OffGridBruce]

😂 Peadar the girls have made you some cookies. Or mince pies I can’t remember. Have a great Christmas :)

[@VictoriaWilson-h6b]

After we had reclaimed floor boards down we put felt on the bottom of any heavy furniture so when it was moved it didn't scratch the new floor. Just an idea.

[@OffGridBruce]

Definitely going to do that

[@deborahwhite2339]

You are almost done! It looks beautiful! Merry Xmas and all the best of everything in 2024🙂👍🇨🇦🌲🎅🎁

[@OffGridBruce]

Thank you! You too!

[@patrickbeamish8480]

Well, Merry (Happy) Christmas, and enjoy your forced-time off with your family. It does look bloody fantastic. The grains look so beautiful; would staining it be necessary? I could see Father Christmas, Saint Patrick, Merlin or Dumbledore The Wizards in the floorboard depending on the season. It enhances the beauty of mystique of Ireland when one has an imagination.

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s a fairy floor :) I’m going to oil the floor to protect it against spillages etc

[@TheNinja691]

Caulk for yacht decks might’ve been a good choice as it’s flexible and can be sanded 🤔

[@OffGridBruce]

It would have done the job but I think this looks nice although a lot of work

[@TheNinja691]

@@OffGridBruce it looks ace Bruce, you should be proud! Maybe you can come help me do mine up in rural Sligo. Thinking of started a KZbin channel to document our off grid journey too! 😄

[@OffGridBruce]

Haha I have enough work here at the moment:)

[@GardensforLife]

Have a productive new year! Are you taking a week off at the end of the year? I've gotta do something out there every day, can't help it :D

[@OffGridBruce]

I can never sit still for too long

[@denwoodturning5814]

Just asking why you didn't use floor board clamps when laying the original floor???

[@OffGridBruce]

I didn’t lay the floor it was already down. Hindsight I should have lifted the floor and relayed it before doing anything else but you live and learn

[@kathleenmead9259]

we filled ours with sawdust mixed with wood glue, applied with a putty knife.

[@OffGridBruce]

Good idea. Some of my gaps were huge

[@truth3358]

Hi Bruce Are you sure in what you done to the flooring as there will be some expansion in the year when the weather changes ? Great video merry Xmas to yourself and your family 🎉

[@bonniefrench9884]

It's OK if you leave expansion room around the perimeter under the baseboards.

[@OffGridBruce]

Hi, I’d say that the expansion would be at max this time of year. More likely to have shrinkage during the summer. The floor should be well acclimatised now. I guess I’ll find out soon enough :)

[@dabruscar]

Happy Christmas to you all buddy

[@ImeldaDixon]

Bruce what's the name of the machine you shave the excess pine off with. Happy and peaceful Christmas to you and the girls.

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s an oscillating multi tool. Very handy bit of kit

[@jayneward6649]

Wow, you have done an amazing job Bruce, hope your girls love it? I see your wife dose 😅, merry Christmas to all of you ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎄🎄🎄🎄🎁🎁🎁🎁⚘️⚘️⚘️⚘️

[@OffGridBruce]

They do. Can’t wait to finish it

[@GavM]

Hi. Amazing job. What’s the name of the tool you used to saw the excess slivers off? I was planning on using an electric plane but yours looks way more sensible!

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s a multi tool. Very handy

[@GavM]

@@OffGridBruce I’ve ordered one. Hopefully will speed things up.

[@OffGridBruce]

Keep a couple of spare blades too

[@robine916]

💖💖

[@seankeogh6186]

What's the purpose of filling in the gaps?

[@OffGridBruce]

I had a lot of big gaps so it was to make sweeping the floor easier stood bits dripping through the foot onto the ceiling downstairs and also make it look a lot nicer. Now the floors are finished they look amazing. If you haven’t already watch the next vid and you can see hire they turned out

[@seankeogh6186]

Cool thank you, it looks great! I wondered if there were benefits for draughts etc. too.@@OffGridBruce

[@OffGridBruce]

Yes I’d say it would help with that too but not many draughts from downstairs.

[@wadeschwartz6281]

Just think your girls can go to bed saying to themselves “ my dad built this for me “ ! Keep” cracking on “ . Just finished a house remodel mostly kitchen finished in 52 days the last bit on Christmas Eve ,,hahaha !

[@OffGridBruce]

Nice one. Feels good to get a project finished doesn’t it

[@barryjohnson127]

Sorry to put a downer on what you have done. But you will have problems if you need to get to pipes or electrical cables using nails and sealing everywhere it looks good stuff but not able to to get to pipes and cables best of luck with that .l think you've created a massive maintenance issue. 🤔 why didn't you use screws.?

[@OffGridBruce]

It’s open underneath so no probs with access. The nails are just aesthetics screws would have looked a bit strange in my opinion. I don’t have any plumbing to worry about upstairs

[@kholoudsalem78]

free palestine 🇵🇸