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buckled hardwood floor planks

6:42 PM 01/21/2013

 

chrisemma

Hi,
we are looking for someone to do a small hardwood floor job.
We have a few planks next to a radiator that buckled out of floor following a valve leak.
Does anyone happen to know a woodworker who could take on this sort of job?
Thanks,
chrisemma

 

 

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    greenmt

    Downtown Brooklyn, NY

    I am waiting for a custom tile delivery right now.  If I agree your floor is a good candidate for repair, I can help you soon.   You will find a picture of a woodfloor with many repairs here.  If you choose to reply, please send a picture.
    Green Mountain http://www.gmcandd.com/portfol...

    8:31 PM 01/21/2013 | 0 Votes

     

     

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    chrisemma

    hi, sure, here is a picture.

    8:37 PM 01/21/2013 | 0 Votes

     

     

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    • greenmt

      Downtown Brooklyn, NY

      I can see an old floor which has been sanded many times. Thin, but possibly thick enough to repair. The elevated strips appear to be about 3/16" - 1/4" thick, which is thick enough. I don't know about the parquet in the foreground. If those strips taper down to less than 1/8," you may be better off replacing the whole floor. The radiator will have to be removed again and the piped capped until the woodwork and finishing is done.

      7:50 AM 01/22/2013

          

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    coopowner

    I had the exact same issue in my bedroom. It turned out to be a much more complicated job than I thought as the slow leak had caused a lot of damage under the floor before the planks started buckling.
    I used Fausto -  faulil930@gmail.com - I've used his company for a ton of jobs big and small. They took out the radiator, capped the pipes, fixed the leak, replaced part of the sub/under floor (basically my bedroom floor is a wood floor above another woodfloor, which is probably common around here), put in new planks and then a new connector (not sure what it's called) as the old one no longer lined up. They also removed and replaced part of the baseboards. I did *not* need to see what it all looked like underneath - a wet, mouldy mess.
    I did mine before the heat came on as that's what everyone I spoke to recommended. If you don't control this, you'll likely have to arrange it with the rest of your building, which might be more difficult now.
    I didn't get it properly refinished as I'm having them back to do all the floors in the apartment when I do a gut later this year but there's no way the floor would have lasted another winter though, so it had to be addressed. 

    10:45 PM 01/22/2013 | 0 Votes

     

     

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