DIY Pallet Wood Floor (+video)

In this Instructable, I go over the steps I took in creating this bright floor in our school room.

I used pallet wood palings and non-structural pine. Cheap chip board screws and poster paint to color.

This floor has been in, for well over a year now and is in the high traffic zone of our house (horse shed).

It has held up really well and still looks great.

Supplies

Made from . . .

• Recycled pallet palings.
• Non-structural pine.
• Chipboard screws.
• Poster Paint.

Step 1:

Start by cutting and pulling apart some pallets.

Step 2:

Run the circular saw down either side of the pallet.

Step 3:

Flip it over and do the same for the other side.

Step 4:

Twist and rock the palings back and forth then leaver them off with a pry bar.

Step 5:

Hammer out all the nails.

Flip it over and use some kind of chock to remove them.

The kids love helping with this part.

Step 6:

3 pallets worth of palings make quite a nice starting point.

Step 7:

If you have a thicknesser, then you can run all the palings through that, just to clean then up a bit.

But if not, you could use an eighty grit flappy disk on the angle grinder and a 120 grit on the sander.

Step 8:

Decide were you want to put your floor and what direction you want the floorboards to run.

Step 9:

The edge frame of the floor is attached into the concrete using

a masonry drill bit and plastic plugs.

Step 10:

The rest of the pieces are just resting on top of the ground.

But to prevent them from being kicked out of position by my kids,

I attached them either end using pocket holes.

Step 11:

This isn't exactly how you are meant to use this jig,

but I don't have the rest of it and this works just fine.

Step 12:

To save on both space and money.

I run the lengths of 70x35 down the table saw to rip them half.

Step 13:

For the pallet palings, I first square up one end.
I do this by running the circular saw along the speed square.

Step 14:

Mark the length and were you want the screws to go.

Step 15:

Take it back out side, and cut it to length.

Step 16:

Pre-drill and chamfer the holes.
Thanks to dad, I now have a counter sink drill bit to both of those jobs in one go.

otherwise you can just do one and then the other.

Step 17:

If you want to add a bit of extra character, you can vary the widths of the boards.

I did this by running the palings down the table saw.

I picked 45mm, 90mm and 140mm for my varying widths

Step 18:

When you have all the pieces cut, it is time to paint them. I am using cheap Poster paint.

Step 19:

And then slap on some paint. I gave each board 2 coats each.

Step 20:

Attach the boards to the floor frame,
using 35mm chipboard screws. (because they are affordable).

Step 21:

Then sit back and watch the floor come together.
This would also look great as a bedhead or a studio wall.

Step 22:

And it is done.
This floor has been in, for well over a year now and is in the high traffic zone of our house (horse shed)

and it has held up really well and still looks great.