Replacing A Piece Of Hardwood Flooring

Most floors use a tongue and groove design.

Replacing a piece of hardwood flooring.

Prepare the new plank. Tongue and groove flooring uses a system of interlocking edges tongues and grooves to stay in place with few nails. Hardwood flooring makes a welcome addition to any home but it can be daunting to deal with once it s time to remove or replace it. And sanding only creates a depression in the floor that s more noticeable than the stain.

There actually is an easy way to replace a damaged laminate plank if you are ready to spend some time and have a little bit of patience. 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. How to video on replacing a damaged board in a prefinished hardwood floor. In this video jason shows us how to replace a damaged hardwood floor board.

Saw off the bottom groove on the new flooring plank. How to replace sections of a tongue groove hardwood floor. You need to know the wood thickness before you can start sawing into the floor to prevent your circular saw from damaging the subflooring underneath. Remove the bottom of the groove from the new floor plank.

Measure the thickness of the current hardwood. Do you call in a professional and pay tons of money to replace the plank. He cut out a small portion of my floor in such a way that if i wanted to put the piece back no one would ever ever know it had been removed. Hardwood thickness will usually be between 5 inches 1 3 cm and 1 inch 2 5 cm but it s important to.

Laminate floor planks look beautiful and add elegance to a home. Rip cut and remove the bottom groove from the replacement flooring piece using a table saw circular saw. Pick the board you want to remove. The only option to repair hardwood floors at this point is to cut out the stained floorboards and install new ones.

I wanted to try. Stripping hardwood flooring the wrong way can cost you hours of backbreaking work leave you with an enormous mess and even cause permanent damage to your subflooring. However if a plank gets damaged it detracts from the beauty of the flooring. He goes step by step through the process of removing the board and then how to.

You can also fix buckled areas of flooring and avoid having to completely refinish your floors. Safety glasses and hearing protection should be worn during this procedure. How to lift a floor board.