Hardwood Floor Repair in BaltimoreDamaged boards, repaired to match the floor around them

What hardwood floor repair covers

Repair is for damage that lives in the wood itself, not just the finish on top. The usual calls in Baltimore:

• Board replacement — boards ruined by water, deep gouges or old pet damage come out, and matching boards are laced into the surrounding floor rather than dropped in as an obvious rectangle.
• Patching old heating grates, walls and hearths — rowhome floors are full of patched-over history. Done properly, the patch follows the board lines and disappears.
• Structural movement — buckled boards, loose or springy sections, and gaps that open every winter.

The honest part: matching old oak

The hard part of repair isn’t removing damaged boards — it’s that a century of sunlight and wear has changed the colour of everything around them. New oak laced into old oak will read slightly different at first, even when species and cut are matched properly. Where the repair sits in an open, visible area, the seamless result usually comes from repairing the boards and then refinishing the whole room in one pass, so every board takes the same stain and finish together. We’ll tell you up front which situation yours is.

Repair or refinish — which one do you need?

If the wood is sound and the surface is just worn, scratched or dull, you likely want refinishing, not repair. If boards are cupped, stained black, lifting or broken, repair comes first. What repair work costs, and what moves the price, is laid out on the repair cost page — no mystery-meat pricing.