Over time, a lot can go wrong with a wooden floor in your home. Wood is a durable, yet also fragile material and through the years your wood floor is bound to need some fixing up. Whether you are looking to improve the floor prior to putting your house on the market, want to refinish your wooden floor to give it an impressive glow or any other reason, wood floor repair is a process that eventually is necessary throughout the life of any wooden floor. We will discuss some of the different types of damage caused to wood floors and the best ways to go about repairing them.
Throughout the years, too much pressure caused by walking and sitting on wood floors is bound to cause small cracks or splits in the wood. While anything larger than an inch in diameter should be checked out by a professional, smaller cracks can be fixed by anyone. All you need is some wood filler, which can be conveniently purchased at any hardware store. A 4oz container of wood putty should be enough to get the job done and usually sells for under $10 in hardware stores. Following the filling of the wooden crack, you should use some sand paper (240 grit is recommended) to smooth out the filling.
Over time, depending on the climate in which you live, you may see little gaps forming within the wood of your floor. This is a natural occurrence and is temperature related, and changes over time. In the event that you have gaps in your wooden floor that have stayed around longer than you would like, your best bet is to tighten the floor, which should be done by hardwood restoration professionals.
If you find that you have a wooden plank that is jiggling and feels like it is coming loose, you will want to consult a professional for your wood floor repair. The plank will likely have to be removed, a process that you do not want to risk doing on your own. Let the professionals take care of it with their wood floor repair experience and ensure that your floor will not encounter something like this again.
Regardless of where you live, it is likely that you have encountered scratches on your wooden floor at some point. It often feels like the end of the world when it happens, but do not fret; it is easy enough to fix. Wood floor scratches can be fixed using a sander, however this is an arduous task. Make it easy on yourself by renting a power sander instead of sanding it by hand using sandpaper. You will get the job done in way less time. If you feel that the scratch is deep enough that using a machine to sand will not get the scratch out, then it is time to call in the professionals. Professional power sanding tools are very expensive (usually cost over $1,000) and as a result, deliver top of the line wood floor repair results.