The Floor Barn Hardwood Flooring Services Fort Worth presents today’s flooring tip: How to Repair a Damaged Engineered Hardwood Plank.

As hardwood flooring professionals, we often have clients contact us to inquire on how to fix damaged hardwood floors. There is no standard solution since every repair project is unique. If you have a large surface area of wood that has surface damage, whether it is solid or engineered wood, it likely would be best to have the floor sanded and re-stained. That is provided that your engineered wood floors have not been sanded previously, since their wear layer is much smaller than a solid wood.
We at The Floor Barn do not repair or refinish solid hardwood floors, we do specialize in engineered wood. If there is little surface area of repair needed, for example a few planks, then this is a typical step by step solution:

Select the replacement strip that most closely matches the floor.
Use a wood chisel, remove the tongue of the replacement strip.
Next, remove the center section of the damaged strip using a wood chisel and carefully remove the tongues without damaging the surrounding strips.
Thoroughly clean the floor and subfloor.
Cut the replacement strip to the required length by cutting from the tongue end of the strip.
Remove the bottom part of the groove, both on the side and the end of the replacement strip.
Insert the replacement strip, check it for fit and then remove it.
The micro-V joint can be reshaped using sandpaper, a touch of stain and finish.
Finally, apply glue directly onto the subfloor and glue the replacement strip in place.
Note: It is important to save several replacement strips after the initial installation. Make sure to order an extra box when purchasing your floors for necessary future repairs.

If you live in the Dallas / Fort Worth metroplex and are in need of new hardwood floors, The Floor Barn is a Hardwood Flooring Services Fort Worth. You can shop online at our website at http://www.floorbarn.com or at our retail showroom in Burleson, TX

Brian Heltzel
The Floor Barn
817-426-3900
info@floorbarn.com

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