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Mold Under Hardwood Flooring From Leaking Water
The water tank cracked on my toilet and it wasn't noticed for a week. There was damage to my Cherrywood flooring with cupping and black stains between boards. Have been running a heater in bathroom to ...
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Cabinet replacement on built up floor
When we bought our house a couple of decades ago, the floors were carpet on plywood flooring on the bottom story. We had the carpet ripped up down to the cement and had 1 1/2 inch joists (sideways) ...
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Restoring a 1930s Hardwood Floor with Dampness Issues Near Hearth
We’re restoring the original hardwood floor in our 1930s semi-detached house and have encountered a dampness issue. The problem area is around the slate hearth, where the wood’s edge is damp. We ...
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Does a hardwood flooring patch require the whole room to be sanded? [closed]
I’m looking for someone to fix holes in my floor from radiators. They’re going to cut out the boards with holes in them and replace those. One says they can’t sand them unless they sand the whole ...
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Fixing water damaged flooring
The corner of my study area was exposed to water damage due to clogged gutter leaking water directly on the foundation around the corner. What steps should I take to fix this? I already cleared the ...
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Should we accept? Split wood/too dark inlay in floor installation
we recently had our floors refinished/installed. In our kitchen, the old linoleum was ripped out, and we had hardwood floors installed to match the rest of the house. The house has an accent inlay in ...
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Wood floor over carpet underlay
Had a contractor 3 years ago install new wood engineered floor over carpet underlayment. I was told that it was done all the time, and foolishly took him at his word.
Now, the flooring isn’t level and ...
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Adjust the height of landing to match the floor
In an earlier post (since closed), I asked this community how to improve the appearance of a plywood floor. From the responses, I concluded that the best thing to do was to lay a legitimate flooring ...
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Chipped floor planks keep snagging my socks
In my home office, there are parts of the floor that seem to be chipped off.
Their pointy edges keep catching my socks when I walk by.
How would you solve this problem?
Ideally the solution would not ...
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How can I fix chips out of painted fiberboard crown moulding and baseboards?
I have a chip on my baseboards around a corner. Can it be fixed or is it better just to replace these pieces all together? All comments are appreciated thank you.
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At what point should I replace wooden floor boards on second storey
The floor on the second storey of my house is wooden floor boards laid in one direction between supporting beams at end end. Each board is 300 x 2600 x 55 and is wooden. What is the likelihood that ...
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How can I best repair separated wood floor boards?
There are two 20 foot long wall to wall separations that have occurred in our oak floor over a period of several years. The boards are 2" wide and the picture is an accurate representation of the ...
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Filling gap beneath hardwood floor (between floorboard and foundation)
There's a sizeable gap between the edge of hardwood flooring and the foundation by this fireplace:
You can see that the wooden base the strip of floor was nailed too ends about inch early:
As a ...
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Color matching: repaired white oak flooring turned out pink
I had someone replace a row and half of my white oak flooring. The original flooring was Owens white oak with bona natural finish. My repairer ordered the same wood, installed it, then did a natural ...
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Stain / residue on hardwood after years of rug covering
I just bought a house from the mid 1800’s. Hardwood throughout but two rooms have had rugs on the floor for obviously many, many, years. When we pulled up the rugs we found that the hardwood was ...
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What is happening to this wooden floor?
What is happening to this wooden floor and why?
It's happening in various places, but not all over the floor. It's not even limited to where there is heavy traffic or where I have a chair on wheels.
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Using scaffolding boards (new or used) for flooring or counter tops
I've got access to cheap scaffolding boards. Using those and a planer/thicknesser, are there any downsides to trying to use them in flooring or biscuit-jointed as worktops? I've installed normal ...
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Using left over pergo boards instead of 2x4 to mount a peg board
I have a set of leftover pergo boards that I want to use as backing for putting up a 8’x4’ peg board. The wall I want to mount them on is concrete.
Would pergo boards arranged as in the pic behind ...
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Popping sound from specific spot on floor
Six months ago my wife and I moved into a 2-story pre-owned home, custom build in 2015. We noticed over the last few days there is a spot on our 2nd floor master bedroom that makes a popping sound ...
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How thick of shims can I use to bring new wood floor up to tile height?
I am going to be installing hardwood flooring (Oak) on place of carpet. The wood will mate up with a schluter (sp?) strip with tile on other side.
After I remove the carpeting I see they have shims ...
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raise floor level and floor over cavity, is there a better solution?
We have had two walls removed to open into an extension (340x320cm) and to add french doors to the extension.
We face 2 issues:
The dining room floor is at a slightly lower level to the kitchen
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Temporary butt joints for hardwood dance floor panels
I recently got several large panels of salvaged gym floor with the intent to use them as a snap-together dance floor, installed over carpet. The padding under the carpet is very minimal, so I don't ...
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Securing a new wooden floor to a steel framed horse box
I am currently working on a renovation project where I am converting a old Horse trailer (box) into a mobile bar. As part of this project I have had to replace the old flooring in the box. Previously ...
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Having issues removing old tile
I recently started a project to do new floors throughout a house I just bought. We are gonna do about 1600 sq ft in total including the kitchen 2 living rooms, dinning room, and hall. Previously the ...
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Floorboards have come loose
Front porch has old tongue and groove flooring. The nails at the end of the boards have come loose and two boards have buckled. What’s the best way to go about resetting them? I hate to cut away the ...
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Floor Joist Cracked
Crack along floor Joist in crawl space. Another similar on the same joist further down. Major issue or simple fix? Suggestions?
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What did my hardwood installer do wrong here?
Long story short, my installer didn't rack my beautiful reclaimed wood floor. He had tons of light pieces grouped together. I asked him to remove the light pieces and patch in the darker pieces I ...
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Will mineral spirits reduce the appearance of lap marks on a stained floor?
we used the Minwax All In One water-based floor stain on a very large area of flooring. The starting and stopping caused dark blotchy stains all over my floor. We tried going over it again and it ...
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Why my hardwood floor is buckling
I’ve replaced the carpet in one of our room with hardwood, about a year ago, which buckled up by the end of the summer this year.
There is a crowlspace under the house, where I found no leaks, but ...
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How can I reduce noise in pine tongue and groove flooring?
I own an old 60s kit house that has tongue and groove 6" pine boards for the ceiling in the main floor room.
In the upstairs room above, they laid ¼ OSB as subfloor and secured it to the boards ...
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How can I put the shine back on my wood floor - just one spot.
I used a Mr.Clean Scrubber on my wood floor to remove a black heel mark. It took the shine off the floor. It is a small spot and I would like to somehow put something on it to mask the dullness. ...
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Dog stepped on finish before it was dry. How should I go about fixing this?
My dog stepped on my new floor. Left paw prints in the finish. What are your suggestions for fixing it?
I plan to sand it down and was going to use a high grit sand paper.
Then reapply a new ...
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Polyurethane on damaged floor isn't creating smooth surface
I had the wood floor chipped from heavy object played on it, removing the varnish that covered that small area. I tried to fix it by first sanding, then polyurethane on a cotton swab as the affected ...
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wooden floor chipped from PC Case
Do I just leave it? PC case had rubber legs but it was stuck to the floor and when I tried to flip it, part of the wooden floor came off with it.
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how do I know if my wood floor is damaged?
I had left damp towels on the wood floors for entire day. Underneath it the floor was slippery and slightly wet. The wooden floor itself I don't know about other than its shinny and here's a pic of ...
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hardwood floor hole susceptible to wood filler?
I have a hole in the hardwood floor (I think it's birch) and I'm thinking to fill it with wood filler.
Is that a good idea?
Here's the hole:
It's probably 2/3 mm in diameter.
Thanks!!
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Why is my ceramic tile popping out of the floor?
I have old wood floor. My contractor installs a wire to the floor and then install the ceramic tile over the top. When they dry, the tiles do not stick with the floor. What should I do with these? ...
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leveling a bedframe on a slanted floor
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While I wait for my floor to cave and fall into the neighbor's house, I have an issue that I was hoping for some help with. I bought a bed for my back most recently, but the bed itself is tilted. ...
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How can I fix a squeaky hardwood floor in a small hallway?
Trying to fix squeaky hardwood floor in small hallway, think joists run parallel to floorboards on sides, near or under the walls on either side, can't find any with stud finder that run at 90 degree ...
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New Hardwood Floors Chipping
I just bought a newly built house in Maryland and have been living in it for about three months. Most of the house has hardwood flooring that for the most part looks really good. However, I've found ...
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Bullnose vs square edge stair treads
I've been looking around the internet, and I've seen quite a few stair renovations using common boards with a square edge rather than bull nose stair treads.
Is there a difference between the two ...
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Polyurethane on hardwood floor dilemma
We were on our third coat of water based polyurethane on my hardwood floor and ran out. I went and grabbed a can and when I started putting it on I noticed a difference. It was oil based. The area now ...
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Is wood flooring in bathroom a right decision? [closed]
We have decided to install wood flooring in bathroom. Is it a right decision??
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Reclaimed floor boards vs roof boards: what's the difference?
I'm looking for some reclaimed pine floorboards to match the floor they'll be helping fix. This place (for example) lists both reclaimed floorboards and roof boards— is this the same thing? Could I ...
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What to do about the cracks on my wood floor?
I am trying to do some repairs of the floor. As you can see on photos, there are some cracks, dents, and gouges.
I am thinking of getting wood filler for these, but I am not sure which one would be ...
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Waterproofing sub & top floor for balcony
I have a 27 X 10 feet open balcony.
I replaced the Plywood floor it had with 3/4 Plywood which I used as sub floor and covered it with different lengths (from 12 in to 32 in) of 2 by 4 studs.
I ...
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What's the difference between "Wood Filler" and "Floor patch & Smoothing Compound"?
I'm getting ready to repair a small dry rot spot in my bathroom floor and am conflicted on which product to use.
When I visited my local big box store, they had a couple options:
1) High ...
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Fix creeky old wooden floor
The duplex I live in was built around the 1920s and still has the original wood floor but its very creeky and the neighbors downstairs are always complaining so I'd like to fix it.
I'm wondering if ...
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Can I paint and polyurethane my plyfloor or does it have to be covered?
On a new build, our subfloor is going to be 18mm plyfloor. I like the idea of painting it with a whitewash and then coating it with polyurethane to keep it as our main floor, rather than covering it ...
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How can I seal this dryrot spot to prevent it from getting worse?
Our bathroom shower door leaks onto the outside floor and over time, this has caused a dry rot patch on the floor. It's not necessarily severe but there's some mild "give" and I want to prevent it ...
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