Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - Basic Wood Plank Floor Repair in Kitchen (it's covered w/vinyl tiles)
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MaxDreamerCom
10-07-05, 11:02 AM
Here's what I'm planning on doing, in broad strokes. I'd appreciate any insights, comments and suggestions from the experienced and knowledgeable DIY's (Regrettably, I cannot be counted among you!)
Problem: a small part of a wooden kitchen floor has rotted due to persistent water damage from a leaky refrigerator (it leaks mainly in humid summer days, when condensation is highest). The water got to the floor through the vinyl tile joins.
Since the floor will be re-covered with vinyl or linoleum sheeting (not tiles again!), I plan to: (1) Remove the vinyl tiles; (2) Cut out the damaged wood plank flooring and surrounding area in a square-ish shape; (3) Replace it with a square of plywood of an appropriate thickness so that it levels with the original floor [(a) hopefully I'll find something to screw or nail the plywood into!; (b) a patch of plywood is OK because the floor will be re-covered with linoleum...]; (4) Re-cover the floor with linoleum sheeting with no joins anywhere near the fridge or sink!; (5) Stand the fridge on a water-catching tray anyway!
The kitchen is on the 2nd floor of a 2-story house, so I'm concerned that once I look underneath the water-damaged planks I'll find damage to support beams substantial enough that they should be repaired or replaced...
To cut the above-mentioned square in the floor, I'm thinking of renting an electrical, hand-held circular saw with an adjustable sawing guard so that I can set it to cut through the wood planks, but no deeper than that. (I hope such a thing exists!)
Thanks so much for any tips, tricks, hints, suggestions, comments, and so forth that any of you may be kind enough to provide. I hope the above doesn't sound just plain wrong, but please let me know if it does!
Problem: a small part of a wooden kitchen floor has rotted due to persistent water damage from a leaky refrigerator (it leaks mainly in humid summer days, when condensation is highest). The water got to the floor through the vinyl tile joins.
Since the floor will be re-covered with vinyl or linoleum sheeting (not tiles again!), I plan to: (1) Remove the vinyl tiles; (2) Cut out the damaged wood plank flooring and surrounding area in a square-ish shape; (3) Replace it with a square of plywood of an appropriate thickness so that it levels with the original floor [(a) hopefully I'll find something to screw or nail the plywood into!; (b) a patch of plywood is OK because the floor will be re-covered with linoleum...]; (4) Re-cover the floor with linoleum sheeting with no joins anywhere near the fridge or sink!; (5) Stand the fridge on a water-catching tray anyway!
The kitchen is on the 2nd floor of a 2-story house, so I'm concerned that once I look underneath the water-damaged planks I'll find damage to support beams substantial enough that they should be repaired or replaced...
To cut the above-mentioned square in the floor, I'm thinking of renting an electrical, hand-held circular saw with an adjustable sawing guard so that I can set it to cut through the wood planks, but no deeper than that. (I hope such a thing exists!)
Thanks so much for any tips, tricks, hints, suggestions, comments, and so forth that any of you may be kind enough to provide. I hope the above doesn't sound just plain wrong, but please let me know if it does!