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Q: Sorry to ask this, but I did mostly see questions about gouges as opposed to typical light surface scratches. I’m in a rental apartment with original fir flooring, dating to about 1915. The floors look to have been refinished within the last 10 years or so, so I’m guessing a typical finish was used… [...]

Q: Pet urine has bleached out a couple of spots on our red oak floor. Is there anything I can do to restain and match the floor to minimize the white spots? A: You could try just sanding down and refinishing the affected boards, but I think you might have to replace the boards. Try [...]

Q: I have a wood floor that has been cupping since installation. The installer argues that we have moisture issues and we do show high moisture ratings. However, when we take up the baseboards the wood floors have been installed up to or within 1/8 inch of the drywall. I know wood needs space to [...]

Q: Heavy rain caused a huge buckle in our floor. The past two times it has done this, the floor flattened back out. This time, wood appears to be drying in the buckle form. What can I do? A: It may look dry, but there may still be a lot of water beneath it. If [...]

Q: I have engineered wood floors that have been here since I moved in 8 years ago. There has always been one dark spot that kind of looks like a burn mark (as if someone placed something too hot on it). Now this spot has grown larger and there are two new spots (about 3 [...]

Q: All my floors, some 1000 sq. ft., are painted plywood finished with three coats of polyurethane. P******* scuff remover and everything else I’ve tried that’s successful in removing scuffs also abrade the finish, leaving my floor with scores of dull patches. Is there a cleaning product or technique that will remove heel marks without [...]

Q: I have some old 1×12 pine paneling that I am going to use as flooring with a varathane finish. We are going to do some distressing to it. My question is: Some of the wood on the side we will use has termite damage. There is no termite activity. Could we use this wood, [...]

Q: I have hardwood floors… I just changed a mat that I keep under my dog’s water dish. It is a waterproof mat, so I thought that moisture wouldn’t go through it. Anyway, lifted mat up and there are some black, moldy looking areas. I wiped, cleaned, used vinegar and water, but to no avail. [...]

Q: We had new red oak, 3 inch hardwood floors installed in our brand new house, varnished to a gloss. I think they used Vaspar. The problem is that since they installed it blobs of varnish are popping up all over between the boards. Most are the size of a dime and are raised to [...]

Q: Our water dispenser recently spilled on our prefinished Birch hardwood floor and caused damages to a large area of the floor. We have 2 suggestions from the original hardwood company and a contractor from insurance company. The original hardwood company suggested to replace the damaged area and the insurance contractor suggested to resand the [...]

Q: My wife and I moved into a rehabbed 2nd floor condo this summer. It was built in 1970, has hardwood floors throughout, and tiles in the kitchen and bathrooms. As we’ve been living here, the wood floors (red oak, I think) have become really squeaky. A little Internet investigation lead me to think that [...]

Q: I am trying to sell the house I grew up in. It was made in 1950 and the oak floors have been covered by carpeting from the beginning, so that almost all areas are near pristine with only minor cupping and gaping. However, there were 3 dark spots all less than 8 sq. ft. [...]

Q: I recently bought a house and pulled the carpet off the floors. There were beautiful hardwood floors underneath. I pulled the carpet tack strips off carefully from the edges and filled nail holes with wood putty. I applied an oil-based polyurethane and the floors turned out nice. However, as time has gone on (3 [...]

Q: We had wood floors installed in our kitchen. They put in a transition piece between the dining room and kitchen. The edge of the floor has come unglued and you can push it down. The company drilled a couple of holes and filled it with glue but it is coming up again. What can [...]

Q: I just had hardwood floors installed 3 days ago and I found the installers applying paint thinner to my brand new floors! Everyone I have spoken to has no idea why they did this and the owner of the company is avoiding me. I have noticed that my floors no longer have the high [...]

Q: Drywall dust is embedded into our engineered hardwood floor, in the cracks and in the grain of the wood. I dry-mopped and used a shop vac. This helped the surface of the wood, but the white dust is still embedded in there. What can I do? Any cleaners? A: I would keep working at [...]

Q: We purchased a foreclosed home and it had water damage on the hardwood floors. We have been here 5 years and within that time large slivers of wood have broken off leaving big gaps. We were told that nothing could really be done because of the heat expanding it, that it will continue to [...]

Q: We just recently bought a new house that has hardwoods throughout. In one of our rooms we noticed a split/crack in one of the boards. Can we replace that piece or repair it in some way? It seems like it could get worse, like someone could catch their socks on it. Any suggestions? A: [...]

Q: My house is almost two years old, concrete slab, wood floor B****-Manufacturer (glued down). There is a section of my living room where the wood planks pop when you walk on them. All the pops seem to be in a line (where the concrete floor had a small crack due to settling). How do [...]

Q: We had a Kempas hardwood floor installed 12/07 in our new home. When the finish people were in our home afterwards it was damaged by them dragging an air compressor, dropping a nail gun, and by painters dragging their ladders across the floor. Needless to say we are very upset. The builder never covered [...]