Sand both sides using a belt sander.
How to make a cordwood floor.
Glue the slices to the floor.
Prepare floor surface by sweeping and mopping.
A band saw would be helpful to get uniform sizes.
How to build a cordwood floor when we moved into our house we did what just about everyone does when they first move in tore up carpets.
A beautiful blood red thick shaggy mat.
Work in 2 sections.
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Using one of these may save time from sanding to get floor even once installed.
Glue the layout you have chosen.
Our house was built in 1979 and many rooms and hallways still had what appeared to be the original carpeting.
Cut slices of wood hardwood or a rot resistant softwood 3 4 to 1 inch.
Begin to layout disks on the floor.
We are gluing the slices directly onto our concrete slab.
Try to get them as close as possible.
Seal the top of the slices so they don t get stained by the grout.
You can get step by step instructions from sunny pettis lutz tony over at cordwood construction tags.