Tongue And Groove Hardwood Floor Repair

Repairing hardwood flooring with tongue and groove installation requires expert carpentry skills as well as considerable proficiency with saw and chisel.

Tongue and groove hardwood floor repair.

When floor planks get split or warped replace them for aesthetic reasons and. Use the chisel to pry the severed tongue from the groove in the end of the adjacent floorboard. Completely clean out the opened section of flooring. Use a hammer and chisel to chop through the damaged floorboards.

Repairing tongue and groove flooring is not a diy project but should only be done by a professional flooring expert. At the end joint use the hammer and chisel to cut straight down and through the tongue at the end of the damaged floorboard. Tongue and groove flooring uses a system of interlocking edges tongues and grooves to stay in place with few nails. Using the chisel and a pry bar remove the strip of flooring between the relief cuts and pull the tongue and groove edges of the old flooring where they interlock with the adjacent flooring courses.

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.