Use a hammer and chisel to chop through the damaged floorboards.
Tongue and groove hardwood floor repair.
Repairing tongue and groove flooring is not a diy project but should only be done by a professional flooring expert.
Completely clean out the opened section of flooring.
The individual panels are generally held in place by compression from the installation process instead of being nailed or glued into place.
When floor planks get split or warped replace them for aesthetic reasons and.
At the end joint use the hammer and chisel to cut straight down and through the tongue at the end of the damaged floorboard.
Remove the damaged floorboards using a flat pry bar.
Tongue and groove flooring used with its joinery works best for hardwood flooring because it is a great way of creating a smooth seamless customized and often very large end product from using smaller pieces specifically engineered to fit tightly against one another.
Use the chisel to pry the severed tongue from the groove in the end of the adjacent floorboard.
Remove the bottom of the groove from the new floor plank.