Most floors use a tongue and groove design.
Replacing one piece of hardwood floor joining a wall.
Removing a wall as part of a remodel typically leaves gaps on the walls ceiling and floor where the plates and studs were connected.
How to merge hardwood flooring when removing a wall.
In this video jason shows us how to replace a damaged hardwood floor board.
The flooring is probably about 25 50 years old b grade oak tongue groove flooring 2 1 4 wide and.
We are removing a wall between two wood floored rooms as well as a closet and corner hutch.
A lot of wood flooring probably about 30 sq.
If your hardwood floor is in generally fine shape with only a damaged spot or two it is easy and economical to make small repairs by replacing a strip or plank of flooring.
Measure the thickness of the current hardwood.
You can also fix buckled areas of flooring and avoid having to completely refinish your floors.
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.
Or more will be needed to repair the floor.
Hardwood thickness will usually be between 5 inches 1 3 cm and 1 inch 2 5 cm but it s important to.
Pry up a loose board in the floor so you can measure the thickness of the wooden plank.
I am in need of fixing some large gaps of flooring where walls once were.
We have the matching hardwood floor pieces that we need however the subfloor isn t quite high enough to get it even with the current hardwood.