Home Owners
Wood - Repairs
- A neighbor looked at a problem with our hardwood floor and said it is "cupped." What is that and what causes it?
- Can a parquet floor be sanded and refinished? Is it worth the intensive labor trying not to split the grains that run in opposite directions? Also, how do you determine if the floor is thick enough to sand/refinish?
- Depressions in my maple hardwood floor were found when I pulled my refridgerator out from the wall. The floor has a factory urethane finish. The depressions came from the wheels. Is it possible to steam these out?
- How do I fix a squeaky floor? It is a click system.
- How do I fix a squeaky floor–part II?
- How do I fix a squeaky floor–part III?
- How do you match a new hardwood floor to an existing hardwood floor in a doorway where hardwood ends in a straight edge with a horiztonal piece (in the doorway)? This is where a carpeted room meets the hardwood room and we are trying to replace the carpet with hardwood.
- I found a cigarette burn in our rental property on the hardwood floor. Can I repair that?
- I found tiny dents in my hardwood floor, which I think were caused by high heels. Now what?
- I have a loose board on my hardwood floor. How can I secure it?
- I have an uneven hardwood floor. What should I do to fix it?
- I stripped two layers of vinyl off of my kitchen/half bath floor in preparation for installing hardwood. I found one area where there is a crown in the 5/8" plywood flooring of about 1/2" from a joist that is larger than the adjacent joists. If I lay a level across the floor on the crown I have about 1/2" drop to the joists on either side. Should I rent a sander to smooth out the crown? Is there a floor leveler material that would work with hardwood flooring for this type problem? Or, should I shim the joists on either side of the crown to smooth out the crown?
- I'm finding these tiny holes in my hardwood floor. Do you think it's termites?
- Our dog christened our new hardwood floor and now there’s a big mark right in the middle of the living room. What can we do about it?
- Our wooden floor looks great, but it recently acquired splits in the tongue and grooves. What caused this and what should we do?
- Parts of my hardwood floor broke through. It was really thin and weak, like paper. Do you think I have termites?
- The hardwood floor that we just refinished is starting to peel, bubble and blister. What’s going on?
- There is a big gap in our hardwood floor. What can I do?
- We dropped a really heavy metal chest on our hardwood floor and there’s a dent in the floor. Can we fix the dent without replacing the whole floor?
- We recently bought a house that is 50 years old. After ripping up the carpet, we found beautiful hardwood floors. In order to buy cleaning products to restore them, we need to know if they were waxed or treated in the past. How do we determine this?
- When a new wood floor is installed, it is normal to already have cracking? Especially to the point where you can insert a fingernail into the cracks?
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