Make Countertop Out Of Hardwood Flooring

Diy butcherblock style countertop made from red oak solid hardwood flooring part 1 on october 23 2018 by kristi 75 i made some serious progress on one of the biggest pantry projects yesterday my butcherblock style countertops that i made out of the same red oak solid hardwood flooring that i have on my floors throughout my house.

Make countertop out of hardwood flooring.

How to make wood countertops. Making a countertop was slightly more work but the total cost was only 11. 24 inch cabinets and a 1 inch overhang. You can choose between using flooring reclaimed wood or wooden boards for your countertop depending upon the look and availability of the wood.

The unfinished wood was actually a little hard to find adam got some maple from a place called s s wood floors in san antonio. Hardwood flooring boards are often milled from quality lumber that is more expensive if you buy if by the board foot so it makes sense to put boards. How to make a countertop using wood flooring. That was the price of the flooring and we had the rest of the materials on hand but if we didn t the total cost would have still only been about 60.

Using the dimensions of the countertop you plan to make lay out the wood with all pieces facing the same direction fitting it together like a puzzle so that you know where everything goes. For this project adam wanted unfinished solid hardwood but we used engineered and prefinished flooring leftover from our floor for the countertop in our laundry room. Apply wood glue lightly to one tongue at a time setting each into a corresponding groove until all the pieces have been used and your desired width is reached make sure to wipe away any traces of glue while it s wet or the stain won t take in those places. 5 inches times 5 boards comes out to 25 inch depth for the countertop.

So this is actually true i was ripping out old hardwood floor tongue groove real wood not sure maybe oak from our old linen cupboard and keeping the nice pieces and then had an idea to make a countertop for the linen cupboard that i plan to build in the redone bathroom with a thought that maybe i could re use these boards to create. All boards are like this 2 x 4 s are actually 1 5 x 3 5 etc so when we cut them down by 1 4 inch on each side that equaled 1 2 inch per board which brought it down to 5 inches per board. Find a large flat surface to lay your countertop out on. Cut wood in desired lengths or if you ve bought them at a store have them cut for you.

We used the floor of the sunroom until it was finished then we used the floor of the garage.