Hole in floorboard - how to repair?

waterwatereverywhere

Hi,

Our house is Victorian and we have the original floorboards in a couple of rooms. A few of these are damaged - we suppose over time when people lifted them to plumb central heating etc.

We wondered if anyone has tips for repairing the holes? We definitely don't want to lift and replace a hole board as we're not competent enough and struggled like hell trying to lift one before....

Thought we could find some pine and try and shape/cut a piece to size and wedge it in but there is one place where it's just the floor void beneath so nothing to support. Any tips to make it look better than staring at a gaping hole would be gratefully received!

Many thanks!

ormus

as above. make a bit of wood to fit. slightly wedge/cone shaped
glue it in place. then when its cured, trim it off level.

tony6403

or you could get a 50/60mm length of pine which will only just pass through the hole(s) width . Tie a piece of string to the middle of that length of pine and coat the upper side of the wood with PVA adhesive . Push it through the hole and then pull it up so that it comes into contact with the underneath of the floorboard. Tie the loose end to anything with a bit of weight to keep a little upward pressure. When the glue has set you can cut the string and insert a filling piece of wood which can be glued to the bearing surface which you w ill have created.

diable

Where are you as I have removed the old boards from my bathroom and need to get rid of them?

Failing that how large are the holes?

googler

Expand the hole into a cone shape such that the narrow end is at the lowest point.

Shape the filling piece of wood to match the cone, and drop into place. Because the narrow end is lowest, it can't fall through.

Or tony6403's method with a thin brace on a piece of string

alexhough

1) use a cork from a bottle of Leffe, make hole right size using a hole saw
2) chewing gum,