{"id":2807,"date":"2025-11-22T12:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/?p=2807"},"modified":"2025-11-22T12:30:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T12:30:33","slug":"parquet-flooring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/?p=2807","title":{"rendered":"Parquet Flooring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A long long time ago I found myself with a big gap in my parquet flooring due to some building works&#8230;yeah, the extension that I&#8217;m still having to do jobs on five years later. Anyway, I just came across some old photos of the work and realised I never did a blog post about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This job was quite an epic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e5bb491b4b0&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e5bb491b4b0\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PXL_20220527_141450511.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2808\" srcset=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PXL_20220527_141450511.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PXL_20220527_141450511-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PXL_20220527_141450511-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Had to put down a DPC kind of paint job to protect from damp.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn&#8217;t have a bunch of oak parquet floor blocks lying around in my shed so I had to buy some.  Fortunately some dude down in deepest darkest Cheshire had lifted a bunch of the up from a school floor and was selling them on eBay.  Can&#8217;t remember what I bought them for but it wasn&#8217;t too bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I had to clean them all up and remove the old bitumen from the bottom of them and get ready for laying them.  Once I&#8217;d created a relatively flat surface to lay them on I put down a layer of my own fresh bitumen and got cracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e5bb491c897&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e5bb491c897\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PXL_20220605_172551184.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PXL_20220605_172551184.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PXL_20220605_172551184-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PXL_20220605_172551184-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was actually pretty good fun.  Once I&#8217;d got the hang of the pattern and the angles they all went down pretty easily.  You can see from the picture above that they weren&#8217;t exactly perfect joins but they were close enough and having rubbed in some oak sawdust from cutting them to shape and then varnishing them all it looked pretty bob on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e5bb491db5a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e5bb491db5a\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251122_121655299.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251122_121655299.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251122_121655299-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/IMG_20251122_121655299-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">You&#8217;d never guess it wasn&#8217;t always like that<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long long time ago I found myself with a big gap in my parquet flooring due to some building works&#8230;yeah, the extension that I&#8217;m still having to do jobs on five years later. Anyway, I just came across some old photos of the work and realised I never did a blog post about it. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/?p=2807\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Parquet Flooring&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2812,"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions\/2812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/junglefreedomfighters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}