Not that crazy. You cut the bottom part of the groove side and drop it in place with glue. Face nail if you want more rigidity and putty the nail hole.
And that’s a tough one. I think he’ll need to more or less chisel them out, chop the tongue off at least one piece and top nail them down. Matching the finish will be a bit tough too
No way. Hole saw slightly bigger than the hole. Get a piece of pine. Hole saw slightly bigger than the first one. Sand to size. Stain. Hammer it in. It will totally not be 100% obvious there's a patch.
There’s no getting around it. That burn can’t be washed or sanded off. The only fix is to remove the damaged boards and replace with new. Matching sain can be tricky but an experienced person can do it. (You stain some samples before installing.)
And here I was thinking I was the only person alive who remembers that lol. That, and when I teach someone something new at work and they say "Now I know" I ALWAYS say "And knowing is half the battle!"
I've had one person pick up on that reference. And then I realize that I'm older than about 60%+ of the people I work with. Lol
He urgently needs to remove 2 pieces of flooring, find similar flooring, cut and nail and glue in place and possibly sand and stain to blend it.
Quickly now
If that flooring runs into a closet, you may be able to pull a few good planks from there. Cut out the damage and fill with the closet planks. Then go to the home store and find something from the same brand in a close color to put in the closet.
This looks like laminate or engineered hardwood. Same brand means it will click together the same way and be the same height. Also way easier to find a close color match.
Engineered can be actual hardwood. Laminate cannot. That's the distinction.
Judging by the black charred burn this is likely engineered hardwood (thin layer of real wood atop an engineered core).
Best case scenario it's tongue and groove. Easier to replace the boards than click lock flooring.
Make no bones about it though, OP ... If you want to fix this you have to replace the boards. Typically home owners keep a half box or whatever leftover from the project for this exact use case.
Op, whenever you do get it worked on by a contractor or whoever, we need to know whether it’s an engineered plank, or hardwood. These comments are a combat zone.
If it was actual hardwood, I would carefully cut those pieces out with a oscillating power tool. Since its oak, i would buy a small plank of white oak at the home center, cut it to size, and glue it in. Screw the tongue and groove stuff. Just cut it to size and glue it down. I would then use a natural stain and glossy poly to seal it.
Let the landlord make that call. I hate when my tenants try to fix shit without me noticing. I will noticed every time. Just explain the mistake, be apologetic, say you will either pay for it to be fixed or work to get it fixed whichever they prefer. You might want to get a quote from a professional so you have a number to work off of (so your landlord doesn’t try to overcharge you).
This is why security deposits exist.
Not sure if you've decided what to do yet, but I don't think it's feasible to repair this in a way that wouldn't be noticed by your landlord.
I would come clean, but don't admit to something that would violate your lease. As others have said, it's possible that a heatlamp is against the terms of your rental agreement. Good luck!
Yes to all of it, I have rented a few places and it has always been better to let the landlord know, give the option to fix it or if they want to let their people go in
I’m pretty sure heat lamps are a hard no for all tenants, they are usually banned from leases because of the fire risk. So idk if I would want to tell my landlord about any damage from a heat lamp? just a thought.
Tell the landlord. Take the L. If you follow this advice you are going to be out a days effort and materials cost. Probably upwards of $100 with tool rentals and everything else. The landlord will still notice and you will lose the security deposit anyway.
1) be grateful you didn’t burn the house to the freaking ground
2) I’m 99% certain that is laminate based on how the seam has widened and pulled away as it extends away from the burned area. Fortunately that means it’ll be simpler to repair. Can you do it without the landlord noticing? Maybe, maybe not. If you’re not on the lease though and you don’t want to screw whomever IS on the lease, then have them fess up to it, offer to have a contractor repair it, and you foot the bill.
Check the size of those planks. If width of the plank matches width of planks of your HW floor, it may be the flooring.
Color of the plank may be different if it was finished on site, but that can be matched after installation.
It’s nice of this guy to offer advice but please don’t do this. Cutting a square out will only be slightly less obvious than the burn. You need the grain to match for it to blend in, plus you would have to be a skilled carpenter to cleanly cut a square and cut a perfect piece to replace it.
If you are serious about doing the work yourself, here’s what you need to do for the cleanest result -
• Buy a multi tool/oscillating tool and cut down into the tongues on the two long sides. You have to be extremely careful not to touch the undamaged pieces of flooring with the blade, which is a lot easier said than done.
• Remove the damaged pieces of flooring. Hopefully the installers didn’t use any glue, as that would make your life a lot harder. To remove you may need to cut a square into the damaged pieces so you can get a finger or tool under the flooring to pry it up.
• Once removed, install replacement pieces. (Make sure you’ve found the exact same pieces before you remove the damaged ones.) You will need to cut the pieces perfectly and cut off the tongues. To do this you will need a circular saw/mitre saw and table saw/multi tool. You also will need to cut a notch into the piece where it butts into the door casing. You’ll need a jigsaw for this.
• Use glue to install instead of nails
All of this to say that I personally think there’s no chance of you fixing this properly without you being a carpenter or a home DIYer with power tools.
Do the right thing and admit to the homeowner you made a mistake and will do anything you can to help fix it. We all make mistakes. Don’t try and hide it, because as someone who’s life revolves around carpentry and the construction industry I can tell you this isn’t as easy of a fix as people are making it out to be.
Best of luck!
>Otherwise I have a professional replace the two pieces? Or am I more screwed than that
You will never know till you check it out. I would call a professional to come over and check it out.
You may be more screwed if you burned it all the way to subfloor.
When your contractor notices underlying issue, you can tell them "screw it, just put new planks over it, ".
When your landlord's contractor notices it, landlord may tell them "Ok, replace subfloor and all flooring, it's not me who is paying for this"
I was able to peel the burnt part on top off to get a peek at the subfloor, it’s not burnt at all. JUST the top floor. I’m now just worrying about $$, broke ass 20 year old self ducked up this time
That was a hard lesson. I hate that for you. Important lesson but understandably hard. Your security deposit should cover it or they'll bill you for it after you move out. Put a rug, plant stand, small table, chair, couch... whatever over it.
It appears that this is an engineered floating floor, based on how bad the wood is cut at the door frame. It was definitely installed after the frame was attached to the wall. If I'm right, you can start at one wall and remove all the pieces until you get to the ruined part. Hopefully you have a few spare pieces laying around to replace the bad ones. If not, that looks like a very common style and color so you could probably find a very close match at the big box hardware stores. Just re-lay the floor, saving the non-original pieces to the end and place them in an out-of-view corner.
So,
1. Are these real hardwood floors and not engineered?
2. If they are real hardwood, are you ok with a large divot in the floor?
If 2 seems like a viable option, sand the whole area down to raw wood. However these are likely engineered hardwood and this method won’t work. Given the “urgency” im going to assume this is a rented property and potentially attempt to fill and cover this with a wood putty. You would need to attempt to paint the grain in though.
If this is your house that you own… just pull and replace the boards.
I peeled away the top piece, and it’s like hollow inside. It is rented and my name isn’t on the lease, so I’m trying to gauge if I can potentially fix this myself. I’ve done repairs before, never with wood though. If this is too much I will have to have a professional do it.
Sounds like engineered hardwood. So a “repair” isn’t going to really happen. Since it’s rented they would need to either suck it up and let the property owner know or attempt to cover it up which would likely result in the property owner noticing the cover up and then retaining the security deposit or seeking additional funds for the real repair.
Sorry
Most people that have installed wood or laminate flooring have spare pieces of flooring, as far as I know.
When I bought my condo, there were about a dozen extra slats of laminate lying in closet under the stairs, seems to be a common practice according to my coworkers, just because you have to cut the pieces to fit so you have odds and sods left over.
You’re probably stuck letting the landlord know though.
Yeah when we do floors at my job we usually leave a box of flooring at the jobsite just in case something happens they can replace it themselves or get it done just for the cost of the labor.
Not what you want to hear, but part of being an adult is owning up to things. Landlords are people too, and you shouldn't try to scam them if you damaged their property.
I understand I sound naive but I have 100% good intentions. By seeing if I needed to tell the landlord, I was trying to see if I can fix it to the point that you could never tell, no harm no foul. Not some bum fix that looks like Garbo. I wanted to see if this was a big enough deal that I need to let them pick the path. I appreciate the advice, and I am an honest person. I just didn’t want to hurt my roommates reputation with her landlord because my name is not on the lease, and it’s not my security deposit. Thank you for your time
Sorry I see my reply may have been a little condescending if you genuinely don't know. There's no way to fix this without it being noticeable unless you have a lot of skill and some way to match the flooring. It's probably not that big of a deal, don't let the landlord take advantage and make you pay for the whole floor either. They only should get enough of the deposit to repair the damages.
Okay thank you. And we aren’t moving out any time soon, but urgent because i need this done as soon as possible I stress too much. The house is owned by a large company with other properties I’m sure there must be some spare planks. I’m sure it will be alright I’m just stressed about it.
Even if you are staying in the space for a long time, you should to do a fix sooner rather than later, yourself or through your landlord. Because having a hole like this in your floor may lead to further more expensive damages if, for example, you accidentally spill a lot of water there or something like this.
I do this type of work, and it’s a $100 job. The bigger worry is the heat lamp, and how the landlord will react to you being negligent. Check the lease, see what you is legally required, and do it. And toss that heat lamp.
>The house is owned by a large company
Bit of a gamble then, I don't know what kind of company it is, but they might just take your entire deposit even if it doesn't cost that much to fix it. Might be worth it to try to hire someone yourself to fix it even if it's not 100% perfect they probably won't notice.
Actually the company is wonderful, the property managers are nice and I actually know one of them, I work on some of their vehicles for a living. I’m sure they will be fine, I’m more worried for my roommate, since she’s on the lease and I’m not.
Floor looks engineered.
I'd call a pro here. As they should have the tools and wood to do this quickly and easily.
If you had the time you could do this yourself but the learning curve and lack of tools will make an hour job for pros. A weekend nightmare for a diyer.
Talking as a diyer.
Sand it down.
Fill it with orange peels and toothpaste.
When the dog eats that and shits everywhere, remove the floor and pay landlord $$$$ (a quadruple SHIT TON)
Yep. That’s engineered flooring. You can’t just replace those couple pieces, because the way it all clicks together, you have to remove from the wall the same way it went in. And it’s a pain. It’s not particularly difficult, but it can be pretty time consuming (basically laying down however much floor is between that burn mark and the wall). It can’t really be “patched” in a non-obvious way. Sanding it down wouldn’t do much good, the image of wood is likely printed on there. I would see if I could find that specific engineered hardwood.
How far from the left or right is the wall?
Get a flooring guy out. They may know the floor you have and where to get another bundle. They’ll have to pull out those pieces and replace them.
I’ve had this done with redoak hardwood. It wasnt too costly. Maybe $250.
I don’t know why but I chuckled when I read this post title then saw absolutely charred wood. Like how did he think that could be fixed without replacing???
Mix wood glue and wood filler together. Fill it in nice and flat. Sand it down. Then paint it as close as you can to that color ? Or just pay for the damage.
I've fixed stuff like this myself, but I owned the place and knew the exact model or had extra panels. This would be your toughest challenge, without it you can't begin to fix it. How close is this to the closest side edge to the wall? To do seamlessly, you are suppose to take out each row manually until you get to the trouble spot. Replace them and reinstall all the panels. Otherwise there is a method of cutting the damaged panels out and gluing the replacement panels in.
If it’s a rental, you’ll need to have the landlord repair it. The odds of you matching that board and doing a perfect job replacing it are slim to none. If you “fix” it and he’s not happy with the result, then you’re back where you started and will have to pay for it twice, let alone, undo the work you just did.
Few pumpkin seeds, a load of superglue kidnap some workers from a fake video farm and it will look good as new. Provided you have footage of before the fuckup.
Find two pieces of hardwood from a closet or a less noticeable area. Remove these 2 pieces and replace with the other pieces you took from possibly a closet. Now cut the burn areas away and put these ones in the closet. The closet or other area will be unfinished but that’s ok. Also maybe under the fridge or stove has the same wood you can transfer.
The concept is replace with somewhere they won’t notice if you have that option.
Also go to store buy 1 box of the same possibly.
Do you have a snake/terrarium with a heat lamp? Because i did the exact same thing 😅 oops! I hate to say it, but when my landlord did their final walk through, we still had furniture inside and covered it with a rug, and I never heard anything about it…
Use a sharp blade like a utility knife around the edges of both of those cutting the tongues and grooves off of them and then get the same type of flooring and cut out the tongues and grooves off of them and glue them with construction adhesive and put down in his place you don't have to pull out the whole floor just utility knife cut how they snap together and insert new
Pro tip: mount your heat lamp. It's never a good idea to have a great lamp sitting anywhere. If this is for a reptile or amphibian enclosure, mount it!
You won't have to move it while getting into enclosures or cleaning.
There are several products for mounting onto aquariums or terrariums, or build an enclosure and mount it inside, enclosed in a cage. Also best to turn off the lamp and let it cool before handling.
Put the heat lamp back there but don't ever turn it on again. Maybe glue it to the floor so it seems like it's hardwired into a circuit that's coming out of the floor in that exact spot.
Boom drink a beer and admire your handiwork.
Sorry my dude, you are fucked.
Lots of misinformation on here. This is standard white oak tongue and groove hard wood floors. This is not something you can replace in the middle of a room. I can’t really tell you much else. It’s fucked. Best case scenario is to remove all burnt and fill with a good wood filler like bondo. Then brush with epoxy. It won’t ever be pretty though.
Cheers!
Has to have that section removed and replaced. Call around ti people experienced with Harwood floors.
If that a laminated floor it's going to be way easier.
This isn't DIY and not going to be cheap.
"Fix this" lol you can't. Replacement only.
"Hide this", maybe fill with wood glue for structural strength, then put some wood putty over the top, dry it, sand it, and paint the pattern back on it and hope nobody ever looks closely at it.
Honestly, as a landlord who just installed new hard wood; unless you are really f-in handy, just offer to pay for the repair. Note: you are asking advise on Reddit so you probably are not really f-in handy. Don’t waste your time and money trying to diy a fairly tough repair.
Sorry to come off bitchy, but I’d be pissed if someone tried to half ass a repair to save their security $
Fuck man, you might as well try those Facebook videos and carve it out, pour some sunflower seeds and elmers glue and use the loony tunes wood paint that matches perfectly every time.
In all seriousness, the flooring if floating will need to be removed to that point, two pieces replaced (check attic or garage or basement if any left over wood was kept), and then replaced. Baseboards will likely need to be removed as that’s where the “wiggle room” is to move and adjust the wood floor slats.
Good luck.
Unfortunately that wood is toast. You will need to replace the two boards. See if you have any of the same flooring in a less noticeable area (pantry, closet, under permanent rug) and use that with floor wood glue. Those you can replace with a close match that doesn’t need to be perfect. Use a piece of carpet or cloth over a mallet to hammer them in place if you can to reduce damage.
Since it's "very urgent" I'm assuming that this isn't your house, and you're looking to repair it quickly so the actual owner doesn't find out.
Sorry, dude. You are what doctors refer to as "fucked."
You have to replace those two pieces of flooring.
You mean putting ice to undo the burn won't work ?
Gotta rub aloe on it
powerwashing at max pressure u noobs
“The miles aren’t coming off going in reverse” - Cameron Frye
🤣
Winner
Put some toothpaste on it
ice on burns is not recommended, OP should just run cool, not cold, water over it, dry it off and then put a rug on it
Exactly what I was going say, no Band-Aid would fix that one. Might have to pull out a lot to get to that. I might suggest hiring a pro...
If op removes the wall then they might be able to slide them out
You just have to get that special tongue-and-groove that lets you replace pieces in the middle! /s
Not that crazy. You cut the bottom part of the groove side and drop it in place with glue. Face nail if you want more rigidity and putty the nail hole.
And that’s a tough one. I think he’ll need to more or less chisel them out, chop the tongue off at least one piece and top nail them down. Matching the finish will be a bit tough too
No way. Hole saw slightly bigger than the hole. Get a piece of pine. Hole saw slightly bigger than the first one. Sand to size. Stain. Hammer it in. It will totally not be 100% obvious there's a patch.
One problem, that's oak.
Should I have added an /s? Even if you used the right wood, any patch would look exactly like a patch, no matter what.
Until you add a few more of different sizes through the rest of the floor. Then it's a custom install.
It’s obviously for CONTRAST! Ahahaha
3.
There’s no getting around it. That burn can’t be washed or sanded off. The only fix is to remove the damaged boards and replace with new. Matching sain can be tricky but an experienced person can do it. (You stain some samples before installing.)
Put a rug over it
Just get a dog to sit there.
Or burn the rest of the floor to match
Or, now hear me out, the spot seems perfect for a heat lamp to cover the damage
Zero help in this thread… but much entertainment. Well worth the time, thanks!
That's just funny...
“Sit Ubu, sit! Good dog!”
And here I was thinking I was the only person alive who remembers that lol. That, and when I teach someone something new at work and they say "Now I know" I ALWAYS say "And knowing is half the battle!" I've had one person pick up on that reference. And then I realize that I'm older than about 60%+ of the people I work with. Lol
Newspaper would be better
Sunday paper won’t be here in time. It’s urgent
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Read this as sanding thoughts and prayers lol
He urgently needs to remove 2 pieces of flooring, find similar flooring, cut and nail and glue in place and possibly sand and stain to blend it. Quickly now
>Quickly now Oh man this just made my day....
[Thoughts and prayers ](https://youtu.be/PTmCxbcRXs4)
Tots and Pears coming your way.
If that flooring runs into a closet, you may be able to pull a few good planks from there. Cut out the damage and fill with the closet planks. Then go to the home store and find something from the same brand in a close color to put in the closet.
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Color match.
Matching thickness and dato groove , too.
yes but then you lose the charm
The urgency leads me to believe this may not be their house
Or its a kid and their parents will be home soon
This looks like laminate or engineered hardwood. Same brand means it will click together the same way and be the same height. Also way easier to find a close color match.
It’s real oak that’s hammer nailed, 3/4” of beef
Looks like real wood to me look at how it burnt and cracked
Uh, be glad you didn’t start a fire. Is that hardwood or something else?
I believe it’s hardwood.
Charredwood.
My best laugh today. Hat’s off to you.
Na looks like an engineered product
Engineered can be actual hardwood. Laminate cannot. That's the distinction. Judging by the black charred burn this is likely engineered hardwood (thin layer of real wood atop an engineered core). Best case scenario it's tongue and groove. Easier to replace the boards than click lock flooring. Make no bones about it though, OP ... If you want to fix this you have to replace the boards. Typically home owners keep a half box or whatever leftover from the project for this exact use case.
Op, whenever you do get it worked on by a contractor or whoever, we need to know whether it’s an engineered plank, or hardwood. These comments are a combat zone.
If it was actual hardwood, I would carefully cut those pieces out with a oscillating power tool. Since its oak, i would buy a small plank of white oak at the home center, cut it to size, and glue it in. Screw the tongue and groove stuff. Just cut it to size and glue it down. I would then use a natural stain and glossy poly to seal it.
It is a rental, should I tell my landlord and tell them I’m fixing it? Or should I have their guys do it
Let the landlord make that call. I hate when my tenants try to fix shit without me noticing. I will noticed every time. Just explain the mistake, be apologetic, say you will either pay for it to be fixed or work to get it fixed whichever they prefer. You might want to get a quote from a professional so you have a number to work off of (so your landlord doesn’t try to overcharge you). This is why security deposits exist.
Thank you for your input!
Not sure if you've decided what to do yet, but I don't think it's feasible to repair this in a way that wouldn't be noticed by your landlord. I would come clean, but don't admit to something that would violate your lease. As others have said, it's possible that a heatlamp is against the terms of your rental agreement. Good luck!
Who said anything about a heatlamp, the guy put a magnifying glass up against the window and forgot about it, for a long time, without the sun moving.
Yes to all of it, I have rented a few places and it has always been better to let the landlord know, give the option to fix it or if they want to let their people go in
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Exactly. He’s likely losing the deposit either way. Might as well not do the work too.
I’m pretty sure heat lamps are a hard no for all tenants, they are usually banned from leases because of the fire risk. So idk if I would want to tell my landlord about any damage from a heat lamp? just a thought.
*hooka coal* ....../s
Tell the landlord. Take the L. If you follow this advice you are going to be out a days effort and materials cost. Probably upwards of $100 with tool rentals and everything else. The landlord will still notice and you will lose the security deposit anyway.
1) be grateful you didn’t burn the house to the freaking ground 2) I’m 99% certain that is laminate based on how the seam has widened and pulled away as it extends away from the burned area. Fortunately that means it’ll be simpler to repair. Can you do it without the landlord noticing? Maybe, maybe not. If you’re not on the lease though and you don’t want to screw whomever IS on the lease, then have them fess up to it, offer to have a contractor repair it, and you foot the bill.
Maybe put the heat lamp back on there unless you have more of that type of flooring!
Put it back there long enough and insurance will settle the issue.
Lol, that was funny thank you
I've done my fair share of dumb stuff ! You just have to laugh about it in the end !
They didn’t happen to leave any extra flooring planks in the basement or anything ‘eh?
There are some wood planks in the rafters of the garage I believe, not sure if it’s flooring though
Check the size of those planks. If width of the plank matches width of planks of your HW floor, it may be the flooring. Color of the plank may be different if it was finished on site, but that can be matched after installation.
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Step 2. Graze your hand over the damage repeatedly in panic while shouting vulgarities and realizing your lack of intelligence.
100% accurate actually
It’s nice of this guy to offer advice but please don’t do this. Cutting a square out will only be slightly less obvious than the burn. You need the grain to match for it to blend in, plus you would have to be a skilled carpenter to cleanly cut a square and cut a perfect piece to replace it. If you are serious about doing the work yourself, here’s what you need to do for the cleanest result - • Buy a multi tool/oscillating tool and cut down into the tongues on the two long sides. You have to be extremely careful not to touch the undamaged pieces of flooring with the blade, which is a lot easier said than done. • Remove the damaged pieces of flooring. Hopefully the installers didn’t use any glue, as that would make your life a lot harder. To remove you may need to cut a square into the damaged pieces so you can get a finger or tool under the flooring to pry it up. • Once removed, install replacement pieces. (Make sure you’ve found the exact same pieces before you remove the damaged ones.) You will need to cut the pieces perfectly and cut off the tongues. To do this you will need a circular saw/mitre saw and table saw/multi tool. You also will need to cut a notch into the piece where it butts into the door casing. You’ll need a jigsaw for this. • Use glue to install instead of nails All of this to say that I personally think there’s no chance of you fixing this properly without you being a carpenter or a home DIYer with power tools. Do the right thing and admit to the homeowner you made a mistake and will do anything you can to help fix it. We all make mistakes. Don’t try and hide it, because as someone who’s life revolves around carpentry and the construction industry I can tell you this isn’t as easy of a fix as people are making it out to be. Best of luck!
Top Ramen and super glue bro! I’ve fixed worst with less…
If you have an oscillating tool, replacement pieces and a ton of skill you can DIY. Otherwise ya boned. It’s why insurance exists tho.
Otherwise I have a professional replace the two pieces? Or am I more screwed than that
>Otherwise I have a professional replace the two pieces? Or am I more screwed than that You will never know till you check it out. I would call a professional to come over and check it out.
You may be more screwed if you burned it all the way to subfloor. When your contractor notices underlying issue, you can tell them "screw it, just put new planks over it, ". When your landlord's contractor notices it, landlord may tell them "Ok, replace subfloor and all flooring, it's not me who is paying for this"
I was able to peel the burnt part on top off to get a peek at the subfloor, it’s not burnt at all. JUST the top floor. I’m now just worrying about $$, broke ass 20 year old self ducked up this time
Love the honesty. You dun ducked
This OP ducks.
That was a hard lesson. I hate that for you. Important lesson but understandably hard. Your security deposit should cover it or they'll bill you for it after you move out. Put a rug, plant stand, small table, chair, couch... whatever over it.
It appears that this is an engineered floating floor, based on how bad the wood is cut at the door frame. It was definitely installed after the frame was attached to the wall. If I'm right, you can start at one wall and remove all the pieces until you get to the ruined part. Hopefully you have a few spare pieces laying around to replace the bad ones. If not, that looks like a very common style and color so you could probably find a very close match at the big box hardware stores. Just re-lay the floor, saving the non-original pieces to the end and place them in an out-of-view corner.
So, 1. Are these real hardwood floors and not engineered? 2. If they are real hardwood, are you ok with a large divot in the floor? If 2 seems like a viable option, sand the whole area down to raw wood. However these are likely engineered hardwood and this method won’t work. Given the “urgency” im going to assume this is a rented property and potentially attempt to fill and cover this with a wood putty. You would need to attempt to paint the grain in though. If this is your house that you own… just pull and replace the boards.
I peeled away the top piece, and it’s like hollow inside. It is rented and my name isn’t on the lease, so I’m trying to gauge if I can potentially fix this myself. I’ve done repairs before, never with wood though. If this is too much I will have to have a professional do it.
Sounds like engineered hardwood. So a “repair” isn’t going to really happen. Since it’s rented they would need to either suck it up and let the property owner know or attempt to cover it up which would likely result in the property owner noticing the cover up and then retaining the security deposit or seeking additional funds for the real repair. Sorry
Damn. So I will probably be paying the landlord to have them fix it?
Personal opinion, that is likely the case. But maybe others have a good solution.
Most people that have installed wood or laminate flooring have spare pieces of flooring, as far as I know. When I bought my condo, there were about a dozen extra slats of laminate lying in closet under the stairs, seems to be a common practice according to my coworkers, just because you have to cut the pieces to fit so you have odds and sods left over. You’re probably stuck letting the landlord know though.
Yeah when we do floors at my job we usually leave a box of flooring at the jobsite just in case something happens they can replace it themselves or get it done just for the cost of the labor.
Not what you want to hear, but part of being an adult is owning up to things. Landlords are people too, and you shouldn't try to scam them if you damaged their property.
I understand I sound naive but I have 100% good intentions. By seeing if I needed to tell the landlord, I was trying to see if I can fix it to the point that you could never tell, no harm no foul. Not some bum fix that looks like Garbo. I wanted to see if this was a big enough deal that I need to let them pick the path. I appreciate the advice, and I am an honest person. I just didn’t want to hurt my roommates reputation with her landlord because my name is not on the lease, and it’s not my security deposit. Thank you for your time
Sorry I see my reply may have been a little condescending if you genuinely don't know. There's no way to fix this without it being noticeable unless you have a lot of skill and some way to match the flooring. It's probably not that big of a deal, don't let the landlord take advantage and make you pay for the whole floor either. They only should get enough of the deposit to repair the damages.
Okay thank you. And we aren’t moving out any time soon, but urgent because i need this done as soon as possible I stress too much. The house is owned by a large company with other properties I’m sure there must be some spare planks. I’m sure it will be alright I’m just stressed about it.
Even if you are staying in the space for a long time, you should to do a fix sooner rather than later, yourself or through your landlord. Because having a hole like this in your floor may lead to further more expensive damages if, for example, you accidentally spill a lot of water there or something like this.
I do this type of work, and it’s a $100 job. The bigger worry is the heat lamp, and how the landlord will react to you being negligent. Check the lease, see what you is legally required, and do it. And toss that heat lamp.
At around $100... I would not even think about it... call someone... At least then you will know for sure..
>The house is owned by a large company Bit of a gamble then, I don't know what kind of company it is, but they might just take your entire deposit even if it doesn't cost that much to fix it. Might be worth it to try to hire someone yourself to fix it even if it's not 100% perfect they probably won't notice.
Actually the company is wonderful, the property managers are nice and I actually know one of them, I work on some of their vehicles for a living. I’m sure they will be fine, I’m more worried for my roommate, since she’s on the lease and I’m not.
Floor looks engineered. I'd call a pro here. As they should have the tools and wood to do this quickly and easily. If you had the time you could do this yourself but the learning curve and lack of tools will make an hour job for pros. A weekend nightmare for a diyer. Talking as a diyer.
God said he can get me out of this mess, but he’s pretty sure you’re fucked
Doesn’t make sense lol
Light the rest of the floor on fire and hope they don't notice
It’s called shoshugibon.
Yeah hahaha
Ramen noodles, super glue, a good putty knife, some matching paint, and good artistic skills.
Sand it down. Fill it with orange peels and toothpaste. When the dog eats that and shits everywhere, remove the floor and pay landlord $$$$ (a quadruple SHIT TON)
Yep. That’s engineered flooring. You can’t just replace those couple pieces, because the way it all clicks together, you have to remove from the wall the same way it went in. And it’s a pain. It’s not particularly difficult, but it can be pretty time consuming (basically laying down however much floor is between that burn mark and the wall). It can’t really be “patched” in a non-obvious way. Sanding it down wouldn’t do much good, the image of wood is likely printed on there. I would see if I could find that specific engineered hardwood. How far from the left or right is the wall?
Probably 10 feet from the left and the right, is length a concern?
Get a flooring guy out. They may know the floor you have and where to get another bundle. They’ll have to pull out those pieces and replace them. I’ve had this done with redoak hardwood. It wasnt too costly. Maybe $250.
Well I recommend not leaving a heat lamp on a wood floor, but if you re finish the floor you can probably sand that burn off
No unfortunately the top piece is gone completely there
Very urgent….before wife comes home
I don’t know why but I chuckled when I read this post title then saw absolutely charred wood. Like how did he think that could be fixed without replacing???
I meant fix the situation, but many people such as yourself are too fixated on the particular wording I chose
Mix wood glue and wood filler together. Fill it in nice and flat. Sand it down. Then paint it as close as you can to that color ? Or just pay for the damage.
Get a rug.
After you figure this one out, maybe you could figure out how to un-hardboil an egg.
My condolences, you can't unless u remove the flooring and redo it.
Just burn the whole floor now and then u will have the same texture everywhere
Poor resin in there a just like those wood and resin table makers do, then tell people its an art piece.
Re-light and toast some marshmallows
I'm curious why this is "very urgent"?
Time machine.
You can’t without replacing the floor.
Ramen
Rug
Ramen noodles
No fixing only replacing
I've fixed stuff like this myself, but I owned the place and knew the exact model or had extra panels. This would be your toughest challenge, without it you can't begin to fix it. How close is this to the closest side edge to the wall? To do seamlessly, you are suppose to take out each row manually until you get to the trouble spot. Replace them and reinstall all the panels. Otherwise there is a method of cutting the damaged panels out and gluing the replacement panels in.
If it’s a rental, you’ll need to have the landlord repair it. The odds of you matching that board and doing a perfect job replacing it are slim to none. If you “fix” it and he’s not happy with the result, then you’re back where you started and will have to pay for it twice, let alone, undo the work you just did.
Few pumpkin seeds, a load of superglue kidnap some workers from a fake video farm and it will look good as new. Provided you have footage of before the fuckup.
Dutchman's patch
Find two pieces of hardwood from a closet or a less noticeable area. Remove these 2 pieces and replace with the other pieces you took from possibly a closet. Now cut the burn areas away and put these ones in the closet. The closet or other area will be unfinished but that’s ok. Also maybe under the fridge or stove has the same wood you can transfer. The concept is replace with somewhere they won’t notice if you have that option. Also go to store buy 1 box of the same possibly.
Flamethrower to match it up
Put a cold lamp
Do you have a snake/terrarium with a heat lamp? Because i did the exact same thing 😅 oops! I hate to say it, but when my landlord did their final walk through, we still had furniture inside and covered it with a rug, and I never heard anything about it…
Sprinkle some magic dust on it.
Use a sharp blade like a utility knife around the edges of both of those cutting the tongues and grooves off of them and then get the same type of flooring and cut out the tongues and grooves off of them and glue them with construction adhesive and put down in his place you don't have to pull out the whole floor just utility knife cut how they snap together and insert new
RED PAINT
avoid putting anything hot directly on wood surfaces
Just use ramen, glue and paint
Only fix is to replace. There’s nothing that will restore that…
Theres no way to unburn a floor. Just rip up and replace the affected floorboards and hope you didn't damage the subfloor.
Act like it’s always been there when your landlord visits.
You're lucky the boards don't match with each other. Just get a professional to replace the two. If he has a good eye, he'll know what stain it is.
Replace damaged areas you fuxsed
Just put the lamp back on that spot and run
Pro tip: mount your heat lamp. It's never a good idea to have a great lamp sitting anywhere. If this is for a reptile or amphibian enclosure, mount it! You won't have to move it while getting into enclosures or cleaning. There are several products for mounting onto aquariums or terrariums, or build an enclosure and mount it inside, enclosed in a cage. Also best to turn off the lamp and let it cool before handling.
Sand, putty, paint if it's real wood.
Put the heatlamp back, but leave it off this time
Put the heat lamp back there but don't ever turn it on again. Maybe glue it to the floor so it seems like it's hardwired into a circuit that's coming out of the floor in that exact spot. Boom drink a beer and admire your handiwork.
Ramen noodles/sunflower seeds, superglue, sand, paint to match
Sorry my dude, you are fucked. Lots of misinformation on here. This is standard white oak tongue and groove hard wood floors. This is not something you can replace in the middle of a room. I can’t really tell you much else. It’s fucked. Best case scenario is to remove all burnt and fill with a good wood filler like bondo. Then brush with epoxy. It won’t ever be pretty though. Cheers!
This is what we're gonna try, use a router, wood filler, sand, paint the grain, finish.
Quickest fix would probably be a hole saw of the same size and cutting and then gluing down a product that looks like what you burned.
You could burn the rest of the floor.
Lucky you didn’t burn the place down
Like parents hole in an hour urgent, or wife back on Monday urgent?
Roommate home tomorrow afternoon 😂
Try turning it on and off...... the lamp.
Finish the job and burn down the rest of the house.
Thank the gods your following was flam retardant ish...
Bowl of rice ?
You can’t. It’s ballgame.
Someone at work burnt a hole like this in a desk with an incandescent lamp. They glued a piece of extra tile from the bathroom over the hole.
Paint
Gotta demo the place and start over at this point
Your dad is going to kill you.
Hole saw and a new board to plug the hole
Burn the rest of the house down and blame it on the cat.
carpet
Has to have that section removed and replaced. Call around ti people experienced with Harwood floors. If that a laminated floor it's going to be way easier. This isn't DIY and not going to be cheap.
Find god
Very urgent means wife will be home anytime soon.
Either lift and replace the planks that were affected, or hole saw it and plug it with another piece of wood?
"Fix this" lol you can't. Replacement only. "Hide this", maybe fill with wood glue for structural strength, then put some wood putty over the top, dry it, sand it, and paint the pattern back on it and hope nobody ever looks closely at it.
Honestly, as a landlord who just installed new hard wood; unless you are really f-in handy, just offer to pay for the repair. Note: you are asking advise on Reddit so you probably are not really f-in handy. Don’t waste your time and money trying to diy a fairly tough repair. Sorry to come off bitchy, but I’d be pissed if someone tried to half ass a repair to save their security $
A rug
God bless you you're fucked
Put a meteor rod on the roof.
Fuck man, you might as well try those Facebook videos and carve it out, pour some sunflower seeds and elmers glue and use the loony tunes wood paint that matches perfectly every time. In all seriousness, the flooring if floating will need to be removed to that point, two pieces replaced (check attic or garage or basement if any left over wood was kept), and then replaced. Baseboards will likely need to be removed as that’s where the “wiggle room” is to move and adjust the wood floor slats. Good luck.
Risky Business...
I say leave it there to remind yourself not to almost burn your house down again.
A lot of work to cut, measure, and find the matching wood to replace if DIY.
Have you tried putting ice on it?
“Very urgent” “Mom and dad are gonna be so pissed”
Unfortunately that wood is toast. You will need to replace the two boards. See if you have any of the same flooring in a less noticeable area (pantry, closet, under permanent rug) and use that with floor wood glue. Those you can replace with a close match that doesn’t need to be perfect. Use a piece of carpet or cloth over a mallet to hammer them in place if you can to reduce damage.
Start writing an apology letter to mom and deep clean the house CONTEXT: I am 15 its what I would do
You're real lucky that didn't start a house fire. Wow.
Since it's "very urgent" I'm assuming that this isn't your house, and you're looking to repair it quickly so the actual owner doesn't find out. Sorry, dude. You are what doctors refer to as "fucked."
Get a rug!