Replacing A Section Of Laminate Floor

First use a sample of your laminate flooring if you have one to find a touch up or repair kit in a matching color.

Replacing a section of laminate floor.

Carefully pry away baseboards and molding from the wall and pry thresholds up from any doorways with a pry bar. Chloe berk and lisa diederich laminate flooring looks and feels solid and durable when you re walking on it and it is but it has a fragile core and the surface is definitely vulnerable to scratches and other damage. Use the marker crayon putty or pencil in the kit to fill in the scratch. Yes we know you damaged the laminate plank.

The best way to repair a water damaged laminate floor is to replace the damaged section. Apply laminate flooring glue along the underside of the grooves and the top side of the tongue of the replacement section of laminate. If your kit comes with ingredients that should be mixed together to form a putty or other filler follow the manufacturer s instructions. Plus check out our expert guide for installing laminate flooring.

So you think of how to replace damaged laminate flooring planks. One is to disassemble the. Replacing scratched or damaged laminate floor planks is less expensive than replacing the whole floor. If your laminate floor is glued together the unsnapping routine won t work at all.

See replacing glued planks below. When a board sustains damage in the middle of a laminate floor you have two options for replacing it. However if a plank gets damaged it detracts from the beauty of the flooring. Start at the side closest to the damaged board or boards.

It is important to make a plan before you move forward so you can save yourself worry money and time. Laminate floor planks look beautiful and add elegance to a home. But trust us if the damaged section is more than a few rows out from the wall it s actually faster to just cut it out. Do you call in a professional and pay tons of money to replace the plank.

How to replace a laminate floor board in the middle of a floor.