Where can I get some old floorboards?

[otherman]

So, I'm building a brick shed to replace the wooden one, so I got somewhere to keep the Honda 400. I want the shed to look in keeping with the 1900 house so I'm using reclaimed brick and slate. I also want a nice wide door (maybe 1m wide) so an old house door won't do. My idea is to salvage some floorboards, sand them down and make a ledged and braced door that looks 100 years old.
So far I've drawn a blank on finding any. I 'found my way' into two derelict properties, one was really old and had very narrow boards, and the other had been stripped already. Reclaimed materials places seem to major on bricks and chimney pots and stuff.

Any ideas?

[sherman]

Buy a new door and then get an antiques restorer to distress/age it.

[Total loss]

otherman said:

So far I've drawn a blank on finding any.

Any ideas?

A couple of seconds and hey presto
all sizes and types of wood
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_from=R40&_trksi...

[otherman]

Total loss said:

A couple of seconds and hey presto
all sizes and types of wood
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_from=R40&_trksi...

Ah, well, I did see those. Mostly around £30 m2 I was thinking of more, y'know, scavenged.

[davepoth]

I would suggest looking in skips then.

Seriously though, if someone rips out the floorboards they might not know they're worth that much, so skips will be a good place to look if you want wood.

[ian_touring]

Have you tried "In Situ"? Its up the road from the bmw mini/motorbike dealership between old trafford and town. They used to have old floorboards before they moved out of the old mill.

[PoleDriver]

Look for somewhere that you can get half a pair of garage doors (IYSWIM). A used one would be in keeping with the look you want and would be about the right size!

[otherman]

ian_touring said:

Have you tried "In Situ"? Its up the road from the bmw mini/motorbike dealership between old trafford and town. They used to have old floorboards before they moved out of the old mill.

Good call I'll take a look thanks

[otherman]

PoleDriver said:

Look for somewhere that you can get half a pair of garage doors (IYSWIM). A used one would be in keeping with the look you want and would be about the right size!

Another good call, I didn't think of that

[otherman]

ian_touring said:

Have you tried "In Situ"? Its up the road from the bmw mini/motorbike dealership between old trafford and town. They used to have old floorboards before they moved out of the old mill.

They sure did, cost me £30 for 4 lengths of pitch pine board. And here's the result. It think it looks suitably ancient.