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- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Subject: Re: Hardwood Floor repair
- Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ
- Distribution: rec
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 01:05:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.010500.17955@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Keywords: hardwood floors
- References: <1993Jan21.215016.11711@acuson.com>
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- In article <1993Jan21.215016.11711@acuson.com> worth@acuson.com (Douglas Worth) writes:
-
- >- One of the previous owners decided that they did not like part of
- >the hardwood floor and glued linoleum (sp?) down to it. What would be
- >the best way to get it off?
-
- Since you're refinishing the floor anyway, anything goes. The older glues
- can be disolved with mineral spirits. If it's a latex compound, you'll
- just have to scrape it up; applying enough water to disolve the glue will
- probably wreck the wood.
-
- >- In the water damaged part one of the boards is split length wise
- >for about 16". We put as much weight (I knew there was a reason to
- >keep all of those text books) as we could on the other parts. We are
- >expecting to replace some of the boards in this section. The floor is
- >2" oak strip and I do not think that it is tongue and groove because
- >there is lots of nails in it. Is it possible to do patch work like this
- >or are we crazy? After we repair the damaged section we are planning to
- >sand and refinish it. My boss recently did his so I do have someone with
- >some experience who can help.
-
- Even if it *is* tongue and groove, you can replace the board. Check with
- building salvage yards to see if you can find an exact match. To get the
- old board out, use a circular saw. Set the depth of the blade to the
- thickness of the board (probably 3/4") and cut along the length of the
- board along both sides just inside the crack. Use a good wood chisel to
- split the thing up and pry it out. You can also make lots of saw cuts
- until it just comes to pieces, or use a router and chew it up. You now
- have a hole in the flooring with a tongue in the board on one edge and
- a groove in the board of the other.
-
- Cut a replacement piece of tongue and groove and test fit it. When it's
- ready to install, rip the bottom of the board off along the inside of
- the groove -
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- Now put the tongue of the new board in place, and drop the other end down.
- You might want to glue this board in; otherwise, use finishing nails,
- countersink them, and fill the holes.
-
- Before cutting, make *absolutely sure* that there is a subfloor (cause
- that's all that will hold this thing together. One of my rooms is carpeted
- because there's a broken board in the middle and there's no subfloor.
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- | I was told that the best defense is a good
- George Patterson - | offense, so I made up my mind early in life
- | to be as offensive as possible.
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