Matching Floors When Removing A Wall

We plan to put in 2 1 4 wood floors in kitchen one day to match the rest of the house red oak.

Matching floors when removing a wall.

How to merge hardwood flooring when removing a wall. We are removing a wall between two wood floored rooms as well as a closet and corner hutch. Heres a simple tip to patch that gap without. Floors saws jigs power tools demolition repair techniques.

You know you have to fill the gap with something but what. So you have taken out a wall where there were hardwood floors on either side. Or more will be needed to repair the floor. Sometimes you just have to pick a spot and run a line this transition lines up with the wall but not the island.

The flooring is probably about 25 50 years old b grade oak tongue groove flooring 2 1 4 wide and. These are large pieces of lumber going across the house from side to side supporting the floor roof and are generally 16 apart. Occasionally wall to wall carpeting is laid directly on top of an unfinished subfloor. For hardwood floors it can be difficult to patch between rooms and make them look seamless.

In other cases the boards must be removed and replaced by hand with matching boards a costly process. We are inserting 8 feet of glass doors into a wall that was separating a 3 season room from the kitchen. A lot of wood flooring probably about 30 sq. The kitchen and 3 season room floors are the same level.

The white molding covering the line between the wood and the gray kitchen flooring material ties in the color of the island and feels better to me than if the molding had matched either the gray flooring or the wood. Removing a wall as part of a remodel typically leaves gaps on the walls ceiling and floor where the plates and studs were connected. These before and after pictures will give you ideas for removing walls in your home. Removing a wall leaves a 4 9 16 or larger gaps in the hardwood floor where the plates and studs were connected.

First determine if the wall you want to remove is a load bearing wall meaning it supports the floor above. It s difficult to patch that one missing wall area and make it blend in says andreson whose wall removal project is shown here. When removing a wall you ll have to consider what s going to happen to the floor and ceiling.