We have 3/4″ solid maple flooring. Our ice maker line sprung a leak and we did not discover this for several days. There is a substantial amount of buckling, thus many boards need removal. I am curious about the best method for accomplishing this. Any help is greatly appreciated.
phil
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My BIL had a similar problem, collected insurance money and just waited...eventually it settled back down with no ill effect...hardwood flooring is resilient.
otherwise, find matching material, layout your cutout, and start with a skilsaw cut down the middle of a board. Pry out and the rest comes out quite easily. Fill back in using pl premium construction adhesive and flooring nails/or 2" brad nails. On the last piece, rip off the bottom part of the tongue and pry in...It will stand out as a patch until the floor is re- sanded...plan a might take 2 months but if you can wait, it may be worth it.
silver
Leave it alone for a month or two. Many times the swelling disappears when the wood strips dry out. Keep in mind, the water has penetrated the finish and so the drying also has to be through the finish. Be patient.
Frankie
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I might put some weight on it as well (say a concrete block?) to help push it back down into place while it dries out...
...but thats just me.
Mike
Seems like if he could put a solid piece of plywood like two 3/4" pieces and put the refrig. back in place, that would be plenty weight. Might have to re-level the fridge every few days...BTW, if you do have to remove the wood, make two cuts down the middle about an inch apart. Makes it easier to pry the wood out. Try to keep the butt joints not aligned by either cross cutting at different points or pulling the whole piece out (I don't know how long the effected pieces are). Cross cut by drilling a hole and using a jig saw or maybe a multi-master. If you can borrow or rent a flooring face nailer and some nails. The barbed flat nails hold better than finishing nails. You can set them with an old screw driver if the face nailer doesn't get them far enough down. That's on the last piece. If you can, nail the other pieces through the tongue. If you are careful it can be done with the face nailer. I suspect that you are next to a wall, so driving pieces with the tongue intact up along existing pieces might be tough, in which case you might have to remove the bottom lip part of the way and face nail there too.