How to Patch Strip Flooring | This Old House
This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to repair a hardwood-strip floor. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Patch Strip Flooring:
- Carpenter's glue
- Spray can of high-gloss urethane
- Blue painter's tape, used to protect baseboard from spray urethane
- Wet/dry vacuum, for cleaning floor
Tools for How to Patch Strip Flooring:
- Utility knife
- Hammer
- Chisel
- Drill/driver, with 5/8-inch spade bit
- Block plane, used to plane width of new floorboard
- Random-orbit sander, with 320-grit sanding disc
Steps:
1 Score cut line on damaged floorboard using a utility knife.
2 Drill series of 5/8-inch-diameter holes down center of damaged floorboard.
3 Use chisel to cut through floorboard along the scored line.
4 Chisel out center section of floorboard between the holes.
5 Use hammer and chisel to knock out remainder of damaged floorboard.
6 Chisel off the lower lip of grooved edge from replacement floorboard.
7 Plane down the width of replacement floorboard, if necessary, to fit space.
8 Apply carpenter's glue to top of tongue on adjacent floorboard.
9 Set replacement floorboard in place and tap down with scrap block and hammer.
10 Sand repaired area with random-orbit sander.
11 Protect baseboard with blue painter's tape.
12 Apply minimum four coats of urethane finish to replacement floorboard, allowing each coat to dry before applying the next.
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Shopping List for How to Patch Strip Flooring:
- Carpenter's glue
- Spray can of high-gloss urethane
- Blue painter's tape, used to protect baseboard from spray urethane
- Wet/dry vacuum, for cleaning floor
Tools for How to Patch Strip Flooring:
- Utility knife
- Hammer
- Chisel
- Drill/driver, with 5/8-inch spade bit
- Block plane, used to plane width of new floorboard
- Random-orbit sander, with 320-grit sanding disc
Steps:
1 Score cut line on damaged floorboard using a utility knife.
2 Drill series of 5/8-inch-diameter holes down center of damaged floorboard.
3 Use chisel to cut through floorboard along the scored line.
4 Chisel out center section of floorboard between the holes.
5 Use hammer and chisel to knock out remainder of damaged floorboard.
6 Chisel off the lower lip of grooved edge from replacement floorboard.
7 Plane down the width of replacement floorboard, if necessary, to fit space.
8 Apply carpenter's glue to top of tongue on adjacent floorboard.
9 Set replacement floorboard in place and tap down with scrap block and hammer.
10 Sand repaired area with random-orbit sander.
11 Protect baseboard with blue painter's tape.
12 Apply minimum four coats of urethane finish to replacement floorboard, allowing each coat to dry before applying the next.
About Ask This Old House TV:
Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook.
Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House:
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