How To Fix Broken Laminate Flooring

One is to disassemble the floor down to the damaged board replace the board and reassemble.

How to fix broken laminate flooring.

Then lift out the damaged board and replace it with a new one. We will be using a wood wax to fill in. Next squeeze a dollop of laminate repair paste onto a scrap piece of flooring or a mixing board and mix it with a putty knife until it begins to dry. If spacers were used between the wall and the board closest to it replace them with smaller spacers.

The repair process is basically the same. Apply a few drops of laminate flooring glue on the back of the transition strip. Then press a shallow layer into the chip. Clean the flooring with the solvent and let it dry.

Use a hammer and chisel or putty knife to remove baseboards or molding near the damaged boards. You can always repair small damage to your floor with the pergo repair kit but sometimes a board is damaged so badly that it has to be removed from the floor. Clean off any excess with solvent. Carefully pry away baseboards and molding from the wall and pry thresholds up from any doorways with a pry bar.

When a board sustains damage in the middle of a laminate floor you have two options for replacing it. The best way to repair a water damaged laminate floor is to replace the damaged section. Start at the side closest to the damaged board or boards. Laminate floor buckling like lifting can be caused by changes in temperature and humidity levels.