Cutting A Hole In A Wooden Floor

Apply a bit of extra putty over the hole so you have a small mound.

Cutting a hole in a wooden floor. A spade bit has two cutting edges and a center point. We removed an old chimney and that l. It s pretty easy when you know how. We show every step to repair a big hole in the subfloor.

9 cut into floor along the lines between the joists but several inches inside your. Hole saws in a. Cut four pieces of the floor joist sized planks to match the distance. Cut two parallel kerfs to connect the holes.

Set the cut depth on a circular saw to 1 32 inch deeper than the thickness of the laminate flooring layer. Measure the distance between the doubled joists. A big jump in quality is the forstner bit. Hole through both ends of each damaged board.

Use a putty knife to put the putty into the holes in small quantities and press it down so it fills the holes completely. Then use a circular saw to connect the two holes. You could always cut a out of the existing floor somewhere out of the way like a closet corner but then you ve got a hole in your closet. Set the depth of the cut to equal the thickness of the floorboard.

A forstner bit makes clean cuts with flat bottoms. This will ensure that the saw does not cut into the subflooring. Set two of the planks between the adjacent joists on either end of the hole so that the planks are flush with the top and bottom of the joists and cover the ends of the partial joists. The least expensive method is a spade or paddle bit.

Set the depth on the circular saw to match the subfloor thickness you measured earlier with the screwdriver. The foam underlayment will be cut but that s okay. Choose a wood filler that matches the color of your hardwood floor. Make a plunge cut through the flooring with a circular saw.

You re better off matching some scrap wood of similar.