Occasionally someone will ask "How do I repair/replace damaged flooring?". So maybe this will help answer some of those questions.

We did this repair a couple of months ago on a glued down engineered floor, and I took some shots during the process. This is how I do it..... some may do it a little differently.

There were two areas in the home that were damaged by water coming in exterior doors. Both repairs were done after the causes of water coming in were fixed.





First step, take your skil saw and run it the depth of the flooring thickness along a line drawn about 3/8" to a 1/2" or so to the inside of the planks to removed. Making cross-cuts will also make the removal a little easier. (Do make sure your cord is a little further away from your saw)





Next, the fun part. With a good sharp chisel, chip out the remaining wood that was left. Be careful not to damage any of the surrounding planks. Also, you can use a chisel and/or scraper to scrape any glue remaining on the floor. You will need to get it all off.









Once everything is removed from the slab, you can start replacing the planks.
Here are a few shots of how to remove the the bottom groove on a plank so that it can be put in.





You can see in the next picture why part of the bottom groove was taken off. The tongue side of the new plank will fit into the groove of the plank on the floor. When the plank is set, the top side of the groove on the new plank will rest on the tongue of the other plank on the floor. Only remove the bottom groove as far as needed.



A little back-buttering, and the plank is set.





When the area is finished, you may want to lay a few 2x4's across the area with weighted objects on top until the glue dries.

Bayside, What are you using to cut along the seams ? Looks like maybe a plunge router ?

Where's your kneepads man! How can you squat and do that ???

Keith:

Geez, you have all this time to put those pics up and I have yet to see any pics of my mothers job?????

That's some nasty water damage.

Just send me a few of them

lost the email?

ken@hardwoodinstaller.com

Circular saw. The orange case is an Roto-zip which comes in handy.

That's not me in the pics. I don't wear my knee pads as often as I should....I always feel it later.


Ken, pics sent.


Turned out nice.

I was curious about the cuts at the seams, ( obviously not a circular saw ). Seen alot of applications for the roto zip, looks like a good tool for that, ( I've always used a circular saw for the whole thing ). Darn, another tool to buy

Nice pictorial bayside. Try using the scraper blades that come with a multi-function tool for that adhesive. Works fast.

Yea, 800 x 600 px pics...I'm guessing you know how to do that. Right click on the photos above, it tells the size and the number of kilobytes

That works.

Not those 3 gb ones you usually send. My DSL is real slowwww.