How to Repair a Tongue-and-Groove Wood Floor | This Old House

Cutting in a perfect-fit patch with This Old House general contractor Tom Silva. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)

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Tom helped a pair of homeowners repair part of an oak floor damaged by a leaking steam radiator. With the radiator removed, Tom removed several damaged pieces of flooring using a hammer, chisel, and prybar. Next, he cut several new pieces of strip flooring to fit and installed them using glue and nails. Finally, Tom added a coat of amber-colored shellac to help make the new flooring look like the old flooring surrounding it.

Tools for Repairing a Tongue-and-Groove Wood Floor:
- 1-inch-wide wood chisel
- flat pry bar
- circular saw
- caulk gun
- jigsaw
- table saw
- finish nailer
- random-orbit sander
- 3-inch putty knife
- dust pan and broom or vacuum

Shopping List for Repairing a Tongue-and-Groove Wood Floor:
- wood flooring
- construction adhesive
- 2-inch finishing nails
- 20-grit abrasive sanding disks
- wood filler
- shellac
- oil-based wood stain
- polyurethane varnish
- 4-inch-wide foam brush
- 100-grit sandpaper

Red oak strip flooring is available at many lumber yards and home centers.

The amber-colored shellac that Tom applied to the new flooring is manufactured by Zinsser (Rustoleum) [https://bit.ly/37BJaAc].

Tom also used an oil-based stain manufactured by Minwax [https://www.minwax.com/] and a solvent-based wood filler manufactured by DAP Plastic Wood [https://www.dap.com/].

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