First, I want to say I have a new found respect for the flooring professionals. This is my first attempt at hardwood flooring. After laying about 50 square feet my lower back is sore as are some of the other parts of me I'm in my late 20s so it's not like I'm some 60 year old with back problems I'm also working in the comfort of my own home- I had the air conditioning on with a fan, took breaks whenever I wanted etc. Can't imagine If you're working in an un air conditioned house or someone else's house where the homeowner is hovering all over you

Now my question/issue- I weaved in some oak into my existing floor. I prepared the subfloor as best as I could. I let the wood acclimate for one week. Using a pneumatic nailer. However upon doing the weave some of the boards took some persuasion to get in (hammer on scrap). The result of this is some boards being a little crooked. Attached are the pictures. I'm wondering if I should redo these or when I get the room/house professionally refinished this will go away.



Some other pictures of progress. I realize this isn't perfect and it's fairly obvious where the old wall was due to the seams, but I tried to strike a balance matching the board lengths. Most of the boards in my house are very long, 6-12 feet.

Looks fine, your hired!...refinishing will take care of that.

Welcome to the world of hard wood flooring .It is very hard on the body and most of us are charging the same prices we did 10 years ago because our country is slipping into a financial depression. But that's ok because the Federal Government can always print more paper money

Anyway, as mentioned ,the weave looks good and sanding will straighten out the unevenness. I generally get flooring adhesive under the weave in those areas so that there's no movement. Then I generally pre sand the high butt joints with my edger to knock them down close to flat or flat. Then when you go over the area with the big machine, you wont create a wave at the bump.

Regarding weaves, I've come to the conclusion that it's usually better to remove the flooring from the area, harvest it and re lay it from wall to wall. Then install new wood to make up the difference. A weave of that size usually takes me close to a full day to accomplish and never looks quite as good as harvesting and re laying boards . Unless you have furniture that is going to cover most of the weave joints.

Thanks for the replies. I realize this won't be perfect but it's quite a learning experience. All this stemmed from knocking down 2 walls.
Not only did I have to patch the floor I also had to join 2 walls and a 12x24' ceiling of slightly different height and texture, skimcoating and sanding the entire wall was a royal PITA. The hardwood flooring is kinda fun using the pneumatic nailer. It's also like a giant jigsaw puzzle- I laid the boards out in progressively longer lengths, picked out the board that closely matched the size I needed so minimize waste.

There's no way I was going to take up the rest of the floor, not only would I probably wind up ruining the wood, it's too much additional work Ah well hopefully I'll finish today, thanks for the support.

Welp I spent the better part of today on my hands and knees. Ran into some roadblocks like some boards not weaving, had to either cut the board further or do something else. Still need to do some minor finishing touches. Ironically I finished right at 12:00 AM and used the very last cleat that was loaded in the nailer. Now, it's time to take a shower, then get up early to return the nailer! Wow my back is sore!

It looks great Thanks for the picture

Fantastico!!! I do like Pauls idea as well. Gonna have to remember that one, "harvesting". yea.