Replace Old Hardwood Floors

Adjust the depth of cut to the thickness of the floorboards.

Replace old hardwood floors. Follow these steps to safely make the plunge cuts you need to repair your hardwood floors. Remove the bottom of the groove from the new floor plank. How to video on replacing a damaged board in a prefinished hardwood floor. Next buy replacement flooring and let it acclimate in the room for 3 days so it doesn t shrink or expand after you install it.

Pull back the retractable blade guard with your thumb. The 280 square feet of narrow oak strips was 95 years old and pretty beat with scratches. Safety glasses and hearing protection should be worn during this procedure. Then remove any nails and staples in the subflooring and sand off any paint or adhesive.

Using the chisel and a pry bar remove the strip of flooring between the relief cuts and pull the tongue and groove edges of the old flooring where they interlock with the adjacent flooring courses. To replace hardwood floor start by cutting and prying up the old hardwood planks using a circular saw pry bar and mallet. Hardwood floors take a lot of abuse and over time they can become stained warped chipped or just dull. Plug in the saw and put on eye protection.

One thing we didn t need permission to do was replace the wood flooring in the living room dining area. Cut two parallel kerfs to connect the holes. Hardwood falls in the middle on the comfort scale. Make a plunge cut through the flooring with a circular saw.

Tile will last forever under normal conditions but carpet and laminate may need replacement in ten years or less.