Replacing Planks On Wood Floor

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.

Replacing planks on wood floor. 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. Keep nails about two inches inside the ends of each plank. 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. You can also fix buckled areas of flooring and avoid having to completely refinish your floors.

Because there s a tongue on one side of each board you ll likely need to remove the tongue on the replacement plank in order for it to fit with the existing flooring. For example wide plank hardwood floors are the best type for resale in the northeast. Tap and slide the new planks into the tongue and groove openings using a soft mallet. Use the bar to pry the first piece of hardwood out of the floor.

How to touch up wood floors. Hardwood properly maintained can last for decades but it may require more maintenance than other flooring options. Pry up the the first hardwood plank using a pry bar and mallet. Engineered hardwood floors consist of tongue and groove planks.

Most floors use a tongue and groove design for connecting adjacent strips. A short film which shows you how to repair a damaged plank s within a real wood floor. The downside to wood. Tap the end of it with a rubber mallet to drive the bar more deeply into the cut.

While most people choose hardwood engineered hardwood carpet tile or laminate flooring for their homes some homeowners opt for bamboo linoleum vinyl or concrete. Wedge the pry bar into 1 of the cuts. Hardwood floors can be damaged by any number things. The tongue and groove system interlocks the planks to keep the floorboards in place.

How to repair hardwood plank flooring. Insert three or four nails at a 45 degree angle into the notch of the tongue. Once in position use a finish nail gun to fasten.