Tongue And Groove Hardwood Floor Repair

How to install tongue and groove flooring in 15 steps.

Tongue and groove hardwood floor repair.

1 set the circular saw to cut 1 16 inch deeper than the depth of the damaged floorboards. Removing damaged planks takes a bit of effort but new tongue and groove flooring installs in a snap. Use the chisel to pry the severed tongue from the groove in the end of the adjacent floorboard. Remove the damaged floorboards using a flat pry bar.

Measure and mark a new floorboard to fit into the floor. This is a hardwood veneer applied over lower grade pine flooring originally meant to be carpeted. That s true too with oak carpet an alternative to tongue and groove popular from about 1880 to 1920. Tongue and groove flooring used with its joinery works best for hardwood flooring because it is a great way of creating a smooth seamless customized and often very large end product from using smaller pieces specifically engineered to fit tightly against one another.

Sweep or vacuum the subfloor of all dust and dirt.