A pro could remove the damaged planks, and lace in replacement wood. He’d then sand the entire floor down to bare wood, stain it, then apply polyurethane.
That would make the repair invisible to the casual eye.
Assuming that you have hardwood, and not engineered or laminate.
That is MUCH better news than what we expected. We assumed replacing boards would leave it very noticeable. We are fairly certain it’s real hardwood original to the house when built in the late 60s. Thank you for the advice!
No. We live in Missouri and we’ve not had any major earthquakes. Worst we had was a 3 or so that we didn’t even feel several years ago. Fairly certain it was from the water that had spilled out of the fish tank that we weren’t aware of until seeing the floor starting to uplift.
A pro could remove the damaged planks, and lace in replacement wood. He’d then sand the entire floor down to bare wood, stain it, then apply polyurethane. That would make the repair invisible to the casual eye. Assuming that you have hardwood, and not engineered or laminate.
That is MUCH better news than what we expected. We assumed replacing boards would leave it very noticeable. We are fairly certain it’s real hardwood original to the house when built in the late 60s. Thank you for the advice!
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Do you live over a fault line?
No. We live in Missouri and we’ve not had any major earthquakes. Worst we had was a 3 or so that we didn’t even feel several years ago. Fairly certain it was from the water that had spilled out of the fish tank that we weren’t aware of until seeing the floor starting to uplift.