Cracked Hardwood Floor

Using a belt sander sand off a cup or two of wood from.

Cracked hardwood floor. Fortunately this is not a common occurrence. Even though the hardwood is no longer living and growing it contains cells that still take on and lose moisture with changes in relative humidity. You can also fix buckled areas of flooring and avoid having to completely refinish your floors.

If you can t find any wood to match you ll have to cannibalize a piece of the existing floor. The final preparation step is to paint the crack as well as the surface surrounding the crack extending 1 inch in all directions with concrete bonding compound which will help the patching material stick in place. The higher the gloss on a surface the more the surface will telegraph a flaw.

By examining it from a layman s view. Gapping occurs when wood floors lose their moisture content. These can be spot repaired with some angled nails to secure the two pieces together along with some wood putty to hide the blemishes.

Split or cracked wood over the years many hardwood floors develop small splits or cracks in the surface of the wood. It doesn t happen often but moisture changes or excessive dryness in the environment of a wood floor can cause one of the boards to split. The example to the right shows a nickel sized gap.

If your hardwood floor is in generally fine shape with only a damaged spot or two it is easy and economical to make small repairs by replacing a strip or plank of flooring. Pet stained floors can be saved. Floor buckling happens most often after a floor has been flooded for an extended period of time.

This hardwood floor got wet swelled then dried. This floor can be fixed by brushing two part wood bleach over the surface. I see more cracks in factory finished floors than in any other type of flooring.