How Do You Replace A Wood Floorboard?
A gleaming wood floor can transform a house’s looks, but it does require some maintenance. When you can’t effectively repair or disguise stains, gouges and other wood-floor damage with touch-ups, putty or the screen-and-overcoat method (see How to Restore a Dull, Worn Wood Floor), you can replace individual strips or planks. Removing one or more strips Step 1 Determine which strips you’ll remove entirely and which have damaged portions you’ll need to cut out. Use a carpenter’s square to mark the latter boards for crosscutting. Step 2 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep2 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/ehows/steps/books/139_a1.jpg’); }); For strip floors, use a spade bit in an electric drill to bore pairs of holes with a 3/4-inch (2-cm) diameter at the ends of the boards you’re removing (see A). Step 3 With the cut depth on a circular saw set equal to the flooring’s thickness, make plunge cuts between the holes. Step 4 jQuery(document).re
