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Repair hardwood floor no subfloor. I'd simply fix your localized problem area, though. Drive screws through the subfloor into floor. It may be worn out, but even so it is much stronger than brand new plywood in any case.

Using a mallet, gently tap the wood strip until it’s flush with the surface of the flooring. Sourcing some old wood boards and seasoning them in the house. Use a flooring underlayment to smooth out any remaining inconsistencies.

↑ tue sep 03, 2019 6:08 pm i have an old house built in 1925 that seems to have tongue and groove douglas fir plank flooring with no subfloor (only the joists. Cut as closely as possible to floor joists. Subfloor deterioration due to mold or termites can go unseen, but eventually degrade the underside of any wood flooring put on top of it.

Tearing out the damaged boards. The flooring was carpeted and they just made the old air vent the same hight as the wood floor. Wipe away any excess glue.

Saw off the bottom groove on the new flooring plank. Floor joists are the wood or metal beams (i.e., set approximately 16 inches apart and parallel from wall to wall) that provide support to the subfloor layer in a floor system. If you put red oak.

Insert it into the gap. 2.3 quickly dry up pooled water. More than a few owners of old homes have called me concerned about the floors in their old house.