Floor Repair in South Dakota

Not every floor needs to be replaced or even sanded. Often the floor is fine except for a few things that bother you every day: a board with a deep gouge from a dropped pan, a spot by the door that squeaks, a gap where an old wall or register used to be, or a board that lifts at one end.

Floor repair fixes those spots at the surface of the floor, with matching wood, careful cuts and a finish that is blended into the boards around it.

Replacing single boards

To replace a board, we cut it out down the middle, lift out the pieces without hurting the neighbors and fit a new board of the same species and width. In older floors we often look for a matching board in a closet or under a radiator where it will never be missed, and use the new board there instead. That way the visible repair is made with wood that has the same age and color.

The new piece is fastened, sanded flush and finished to match. If the room is going to be refinished, we do the repair first and sand everything together.

Squeaks, loose boards and gaps

Many squeaks come from a board that has worked loose and rubs against its neighbor. We fasten loose boards from above with fine trim screws or nails set below the surface and filled, which quiets most squeaks without opening the floor. Lifting board ends are fastened down the same way.

Gaps where a wall, a register or a chimney once stood are filled with new boards woven into the existing rows, rather than a single patch, so the repair follows the pattern of the floor. Thin seasonal gaps between boards are usually normal and close again in summer. We tell you honestly which gaps are worth filling.

Repair or something bigger

If repairs start to add up to most of the room, refinishing or a new floor may be the simpler answer. The Fix or refinish check on the Fix page walks through the same questions we ask at the visit, and we will give you a plain answer once we see the floor.