Hardwood flooring can be beautiful in your home. It is a flooring that requires a certain level of maintenance though. If you aren’t giving your hardwood flooring proper care and refinishing that is requires, you might end up with significant damage to it. If your hardwood floor is looking a little worse for wear, you might be wondering if it just needs refinishing or if it is beyond repair and needs replacement instead. Mike’s Custom Flooring is here to talk about some of the ways you can know that your hardwood flooring needs to be replaced and is past the point of repair.

Hardwood Floor Issues That Require Replacement Rather than Repair

There are certain issues with hardwood flooring that make it irreparable. We would like to take a closer look at what these problems might look like:
– Warping: Refinishing can fix small scratches and blemishes in your hardwood and make it look like new again. However, if there are boards that are warping, there isn’t anything that refinishing can do to fix it. Sometimes, there might be only a few warped boards that can get replaced rather than the entire floor, but if you have widespread warping, a total replacement is in order.
– Infestations: There are certainly some pests that can be taken care of easily by pest professionals. However, there are others, like termites, that can damage your flooring beyond repair. If your home is infested with termites and they have gotten to your hardwood flooring, there might not be anything you can do to salvage the flooring. Another pest that can be incredibly hard to get out of hardwood flooring when it infests it is bed bugs. There are some techniques that might work to get rid of them, but there are many homeowners that will choose a total replacement instead.
– Severe Cracking & Splitting: Like mentioned above, there are quite a few scratches and small cracks that can be fixed with refinishing. However, when there are large cracks and splitting that is happening on the planks, you might be looking at replacement instead. If you only have one or two boards that have split, you can get away with a partial replacement. When you have several, it is another story.
– Wood Rot: Water damage can be devastating. This is especially true when you have hardwood flooring. Water can be incredibly destructive and lead to things like mold growth and rot in your hardwood flooring. If rot has settled into the planks of your hardwood flooring, there is nothing that can fix it other than replacing it completely.

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If you have damaged hardwood flooring, you can turn to Mike’s Custom Flooring to come take a look. We will help you determine whether or not the floor is salvageable. We can handle all of your hardwood floor repairs, refinishing and replacement needs. Call us today!