Replacing Damaged Hardwood Floors

If the floor is stained first make sure the floor is completely dry wipe up any puddles then use a heater or hairdryer to ensure that all the moisture is gone from the finished floor and the subfloor.

Replacing damaged hardwood floors.

How to video on replacing a damaged board in a prefinished hardwood floor. Fixing the water damaged floor by replacing damaged flooring. In general water is an enemy to wood floors. The best way to avoid and fix water damage for wood floors is to get them repaired.

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. We had professional teppanyaki chefs prepare food on our hardwood floor and take a few whacks at it with machetes and axes just so we can show you how to repair it. For this you will have to take out the affected planks and replace them with new boards. Most floors use a tongue and groove design.

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. You may sand refinish and re coat the wood floor to repair water damage but is not a permanent solution. You can also fix buckled areas of flooring and avoid having to completely refinish your floors. If you ve had a flood or a leak chances are your hardwood has suffered either with stains or warping or both.

Hardwood floors can be damaged by any number things. 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. The proper way to replace planks in a wood floor takes time and the expertise of a craftsman. It can damage the finish leave rings or discoloration or at its worst cause flooring boards to cup warp buckle or grow mold.

For many water damaged wood floors the best way to repair the damage is to eliminate and replace the affected boards and then to refinish the entire floor. Josh temple uses a mallet to remove the damaged hardwood floor and new adhesive to attach better flooring in this disaster house. Safety glasses and hearing protection should be worn during this procedure. Measure the thickness of the current hardwood.

Hardwood thickness will usually be between 5 inches 1 3 cm and 1 inch 2 5 cm but it s important to. Water damage to hardwood floors can be from minor to major. Repair hardwood floor water damage. Pry up a loose board in the floor so you can measure the thickness of the wooden plank.