identifying type of pine?

[tarantula]

Can anyone help?

I have these floorboards... are they radiata pine? I need to buy some extraboards for a water damaged patch near the bathroom and I am not sure what to get?

How does one determine the different types of pine, they all look so similar to me?

[markharrison]

A bit hard to say definitively but it could also be Cypress. A lot of Cypress was used in NSW (and presumably in the ACT) for flooring. My last house in Sydney had Cypress floors.

Define damaged? If they are just water marks they will sand out. Obviously rot is another problem.

[tarantula]

I think it is just water damage... but there is distinct rot in the skirting so it is hard to tell at the moment (haven't taken the carpet in that area up). I am just trying to decide what my options are at the moment. If it is cypress pine, is that hard to find?

[Dusty]

It's Radiata Pine.

It's easy to find, in fact, it grows on trees

When polished it looks like this

[Tools]

RAdiata is my vote.

Tools

[tarantula]

thanks everyone, how does one tell the difference between cypress and radiata?

Tara

[Tools]

thanks everyone, how does one tell the difference between cypress and radiata?

Tara

Cypress is darker and has more and bigger knots.

Tools

[tarantula]

thanks Tools. Does anyone know where there are pictures of the various pine floors? There should be a big image gallery somewhere for people like me! Ha.

[Dusty]

thanks Tools. Does anyone know where there are pictures of the various pine floors? There should be a big image gallery somewhere for people like me! Ha.

There is.....It's called Google Images

[tarantula]

cheers Dusty. Every pic on google images looks completely different. I am not doing so well spotting the difference. But I might just get a radiata floor board and bring it home to check.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

But I might just get a radiata floor board and bring it home to check.

Sensible move, even if everyone here was in 100% agreement.

[tarantula]

sorry guys, I wasn't trying to be offensive and not beleive you. I beleive you, I was just interested in general of how to tell the difference.

I really appreciate all your help. Thanks!

Tarantula

[markharrison]

I think you misunderstood Skew. He was just saying that your idea was a good idea regardless of what we think as photos can be misleading.

[echnidna]

It's Radiata Pine.

It's easy to find, in fact, it grows on trees

When polished it looks like this