How to Repair a Wood Plank Floor
Repairing a wood plank floor generally means replacing one or more damaged planks. The trick is to get the damaged plank out without damaging the adjacent planks, since they're all linked together by tongue-and-groove milling. Then it's a matter of getting the replacement plank back in place. Talk to your flooring supplier about finding the right replacement plank. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Set your circular saw blade to the same depth as one of your replacement boards by standing the saw on the board and loosening the depth bolt on the side.
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Pull back the blade guard on your blade, turn it on, then sink the blade into the plank and run the saw forward along its length.
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Repeat the process several times, with long intersecting lines, until chunks of the flooring start coming out from the middle of the board.
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Hollow out the middle of the board, then use your chisel and hammer to knock the side of the board inward, off the adjacent boards.
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Set your replacement board face down on a work bench. Use your razor knife to cut off the bottom part of the groove along the side of the board.
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Insert the time of the new board into the group the side of the board next to it, then drop the rest of the board into place.
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Shoot nails into the surface of the new board, putting pairs of them every foot or so, with your nail gun.
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Repeat the whole process for each board that must be replaced.
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