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   Rennie | Jun 26, 2006 05:55pm | #1

   Sail,

   First, a disclaimer - I realize that what I am about to write will raise the hackles of some of those who regularly haunt this forum. So, to all you "Normaphobes", I'm sorry.

   Now on to your post. Tom Silva recently did a spot on Ask This Old House that addressed this exact situation very well. It was a very good step-by-step piece. There is probably a link or some reference to it on their website. Maybe even a schedule stating when this segment will be re-aired.

   Best of luck with your renovation.

   Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.
   Frank Lloyd Wright

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   Sailfish | Jun 26, 2006 06:06pm | #2

   Thanks Rennie!

   Normaphobes be darned LOL

   I have notes coming due and have to get my C/O asap

   I'll take whatever/whomever's tips and advice (within reason of course, i'm not desperate ;)

    

   Thanks again for the starting point

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   WWPD

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   RickL | Jun 26, 2006 06:35pm | #3

   What's the word on Fine HomeBuildings Breaktime?? I'd bet it was covered in some back issue or forum post.

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   JohnWW | Jun 26, 2006 06:43pm | #4

   These are the kinds of challenges that make renovation work so much more challenging than new construction.

   Fill in with matching tongue and groove as much as possible.  For the last piece ,you will have to rip off the tongue or the back section of a grooved side and then face nail or glue the final piece into place.  This is tough to do and make an invisible repair.  Having to match grain, finish, board, width, and dealing with what is probably a slightly off dimension opening all make the job a challenge.  Ideally much of the repaired area will be covered by a rug.

   You can try to pull up a few of the boards to either side of the gap in the existing flooring to get enough give to pop in a repair section with intact tongues and grooves but this is even more difficult, and removing the existing boards without doing further damage may be difficult.

   John White, Shop Manager, Fine Woodworking Magazine

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   forestgirl | Jun 26, 2006 06:50pm | #5

   My son-in-law did some repairs like this.  Can't get him to type here, LOL, but this description/pictures might help:

   http://www.ronhazelton.com/howto/hardwood_floor_repair.htm

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)