Solid Hardwood, Engineered and Laminate Flooring - How to locate a floor location from under the house (Buckled floor repair)?
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zak4899
01-23-06, 10:07 AM
Hi,
I need to repair a slightly bucked hardwood floor. From what I've read, I need to go into the crawlspace under the house and pull the affected board down with a screw.
How can I locate the exact spot from under the house? I did this before, and when I measure from the walls above & below ground, I'm typically off by inches which is too much here. Is there a trick where I can identify the exact spot from underneath without drilling a hole?
Also, do you have tips on repairing the buckled hardwood floor?
Thanks,
zal
I need to repair a slightly bucked hardwood floor. From what I've read, I need to go into the crawlspace under the house and pull the affected board down with a screw.
How can I locate the exact spot from under the house? I did this before, and when I measure from the walls above & below ground, I'm typically off by inches which is too much here. Is there a trick where I can identify the exact spot from underneath without drilling a hole?
Also, do you have tips on repairing the buckled hardwood floor?
Thanks,
zal
rkoudelka
01-23-06, 10:23 AM
I dont have any tips for repair - but pulling down with a screw SOUNDS good to me. Just make sure you measure your subfloor + floor and you use the right size screw so you dont go through from below. That could be worse than drilling the hole. Id use a washer also from underneath.
That being said. You have a few choices for finding your location.
1) Measure. Even though you aid youve been off in the past. Just double and triple check. Make sure you account for everything... plates, foundation widths, sheetrock, etc.
2) Drill where you want to fix. You can always plug it or use wood putty to fill the hole. Wood flooring, if you look closely, has wood putty from the factory anyway. Just keep the hole as small as you can. 1/8 should work. This might be good becuase instead of relying on the screw from below pulling down. You can use a small screw with a nut and really sock it up. Or put a piece of wood below and screw through your floor, into the wood. YOu still lose the effect of a washer here - which I could want.
3) pick two spots in obscuure areas (under baseboard?) and snap a line to make sire the place you ant to fix is between those points - along the line. Then drill a hole at each end - in the obscure places. Go in the crawlspace and run a string from hole to hole. You should be able to find the spot along the string where your plank is.
Not sure if these methods are what a flooring expert would use, but its what I would do... until someone on here gvs teh quicker/easier solution of which Im sure there is one.
That being said. You have a few choices for finding your location.
1) Measure. Even though you aid youve been off in the past. Just double and triple check. Make sure you account for everything... plates, foundation widths, sheetrock, etc.
2) Drill where you want to fix. You can always plug it or use wood putty to fill the hole. Wood flooring, if you look closely, has wood putty from the factory anyway. Just keep the hole as small as you can. 1/8 should work. This might be good becuase instead of relying on the screw from below pulling down. You can use a small screw with a nut and really sock it up. Or put a piece of wood below and screw through your floor, into the wood. YOu still lose the effect of a washer here - which I could want.
3) pick two spots in obscuure areas (under baseboard?) and snap a line to make sire the place you ant to fix is between those points - along the line. Then drill a hole at each end - in the obscure places. Go in the crawlspace and run a string from hole to hole. You should be able to find the spot along the string where your plank is.
Not sure if these methods are what a flooring expert would use, but its what I would do... until someone on here gvs teh quicker/easier solution of which Im sure there is one.
majakdragon
01-23-06, 10:45 AM
If the bad part is anywhere near a plumbing fixture, measure from one of the pipes. Then you should be able to see it in the crawl. Good luck.