Norm This Old House Wood Floor Repair

Set saw depth once you know the thickness of your flooring set your circular saw to just a hair deeper than the thickness of the flooring about 1 32.

Norm this old house wood floor repair.

To repair a crack in an otherwise sound board glue down any long splinters then fill the crack with wood filler or wood putty. Gaps between boards both plank and tongue and groove floors can develop unsightly gaps as the floor ages. All you need to do is keep to a cleaning schedule and use the proper products and your finished hardwood will last for decades. Watch this video from this old house to learn how to repair a baluster.

The threshold is less fun. 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. This section examines methods of cleaning heavily soiled hardwood floors that still have a good finish. How to refinish a 100 year old wood floor.

See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this old house. The only option to repair hardwood floors at this point is to cut out the stained floorboards and install new ones. How to clean old hardwood floors with finish. Some prefinished solid wood and engineered wood floors are diy friendly but if you plan to hire a pro installer tack on 2 per square foot minimum.

Cutting in a perfect fit patch with this old house general contractor tom silva. Repairing and refinishing old hardwood floors can be a labor intensive and complex process. How much do hardwood floors cost. Set one half of busted baluster in routing jig.

Most old wood floors are between 1 2 and 1. This old house general contractor tom silva shows how to repair a hardwood strip floor. Wood floor finishes are easy to maintain. Use plunge router to cut a 3 8 inch diameter by 1 inch deep dowel hole into the broken end of the baluster.

Costs are between 1 50 to 8 per square foot depending on wood thickness species and grade. The best place to find the depth is to remove a floor heat register or pull up a threshold.