Replace Section Of Hardwood Floor

Replacing damaged or hole filled hardwood tongue and groove floorboards takes a couple of hours sharp tools and an understanding of how to break the interlocking tongue and groove board edges.

Replace section of hardwood floor.

We replaced a couple of boards from a standard 3 4 in thick x 2 1 4 in wide oak strip floor using a drill circular saw and sharp chisel. We had 3 different types of flooring on the main level of our home so we want to replace all of this mismatche. How to replace sections of a tongue groove hardwood floor. Tongue and groove flooring uses a system of interlocking edges tongues and grooves to stay in place with few nails.

Luckily it s a pretty straightforward process. Use a circular saw to cut the old hardwood into pieces then remove the old flooring. If your hardwood floor is in generally fine shape with only a damaged spot or two it is easy and economical to make small repairs by replacing a strip or plank of flooring. You can also fix buckled areas of flooring and avoid having to completely refinish your floors.

How to remove hardwood flooring the easy way. Start by removing the finished. Prepare your subflooring so that it s clean and perfectly level. When removing old flooring create a new butt joint on just the side of the plank that s closest to the hole or where the damage ends.

Most floors use a tongue and groove design for connecting adjacent strips. In this case the area can be repaired assuming that original size plank and type of wood is available. Refinishing can actually take much more time than fully replacing a wood floor. When damage to hardwood flooring happens due to water often it requires replacing the actual planks.

Refinishing is a messy meticulous process than can take approximately four to five days during which the floor.