Replacing A Piece Of Hardwood Flooring
How to replace sections of a tongue groove hardwood floor.
Replacing a piece of hardwood flooring. Do you call in a professional and pay tons of money to replace the plank. In this video jason shows us how to replace a damaged hardwood floor board. Most floors use a tongue and groove design. Rip cut and remove the bottom groove from the replacement flooring piece using a table saw circular saw.
I wanted to try. 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. Prepare the new plank. Hardwood thickness will usually be between 5 inches 1 3 cm and 1 inch 2 5 cm but it s important to.
My floor refinisher pulled up a small piece of my hardwood oak flooring while he was here assessing what my flooring options were. 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. Remove the bottom of the groove from the new floor plank. The only option to repair hardwood floors at this point is to cut out the stained floorboards and install new ones.
However if a plank gets damaged it detracts from the beauty of the flooring. Pick the board you want to remove. And sanding only creates a depression in the floor that s more noticeable than the stain. Safety glasses and hearing protection should be worn during this procedure.
He goes step by step through the process of removing the board and then how to. Measure the thickness of the current hardwood. How to video on replacing a damaged board in a prefinished hardwood floor. 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.
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. Pry up a loose board in the floor so you can measure the thickness of the wooden plank. How to lift a floor board. 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.
You can also fix buckled areas of flooring and avoid having to completely refinish your floors. Saw off the bottom groove on the new flooring 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.