How to repair laminate flooring: Comprehensive floor repair guide

As durable as laminate flooring can be, nothing lasts forever. At some point in time, your laminate flooring will be damaged or broken, cracked, and you will have to either call a repairman or do it yourself. If you are planning to do the job yourself but don’t know how, this article is for you. We will show a step by step guide to fully repair a broken laminate floor. This is How To Repair Laminate Flooring: Comprehensive Floor Repair Guide.

Laminate floorboards repairment

This is one of the most basic repairments of laminate floorboards. Scratches on the floor surface is inevitable, no matter how careful you are. These scratches, or even cracks can easily be fixed using a floor repair kit. These kits are easy to use and they offer a variety of colors that can match your floor’s color.

Here is the instruction for the floor repair kit:

• Step 1: Clean the floor, make sure it is fully dry before do anything further
• Step 2: Use a sharp chisel to round off the scratch’s edges
• Step 3: Use the heater in the repair kit to heat up the tip, then use the tip to melt the hard wax, we recommend you to use 2 or 3 colors for a more consistent wood-like appearance
• Step 4: Apply the wax onto the damaged area, filling or covering the flaw
• Step 5: Use the rasp to remove any excess wax and even out the repair spot with the floor.

Laminate plank replacement

This is for irreversible damages only, as it is one of the most expensive, as well as complicated floor repairing methods. Based on the position of the plank, you will need a different technique. Here’s how to repair laminate flooring:

Room’s edges:

• Step 1: Remove the wall’s scotia and skirting board
• Step 2: Remove all the broken laminate planks. Start from the closest one to the wall. You should not need to remove any adhesive in the plank removing process
• Step 3: Apply the new plank, secure it into place
• Step 4: Place back the boards into original position
• Step 5: Place the scotia and skirting back to the wall.

Middle of the room:

• Step 1: Mark the edges of the broken board with tape for easier cutting
• Step 2: Cut the center of the board, you can drill some holes along the edges of the removing area
• Step 3: Cut from the center to the outer edge, then remove the rest of the plank
• Step 4: Add some wood adhesive around the edges beneath the plank
• Step 5: Fit the board back to place, secure it with a hammer
• Step 6: Remove any excess glue
• Step 7: Put some heavy weight on the new plank for a few hours to fully secure it.

And voila, you have repaired your laminate flooring.

Conclusion

That’s how to repair laminate flooring. Of course, the best repair method is to prevent it from being damaged in the first place. However, people make mistakes all the time, the important thing is that you have tried to fix it, and minimize it next time. You can check out Jennifer Rodriquez’s articles for protecting laminate floor tips.