damaged laminate floor

JustinTime19 · 5 November 2022 at 9:21PM

When I moved in a couple of the laminate floors were damaged and no spares were left.

I am trying to work out the best path to fix these, they are currently hiding underneath a rug but the rug looks awkward in the room and I want to remodel the room. I am trying to avoid replacing all of the flooring as the room is large and I don't currently have the budget for it.

I wondered what my options are, thanks in advance !

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grumbler · 5 November 2022 at 9:44PM

Are you sure it's laminate, not wood?

JustinTime19 · 5 November 2022 at 10:31PM

I'm not sure to be honest

travis-powers · 6 November 2022 at 10:06AM

That looks like water damage on engineered oak floor, depending of the thickness of the oak and the depth of the stain it may sand out or a combination of sanding and oxalic acid but you’ll probably have to refinish the whole floor.
Do you have a threshold you could lift to establish type of flooring and thickness of oak you have to play with?

grumbler · 6 November 2022 at 10:13AM

It's worth trying bleach (and 'oxi' stain remover?). No chance of full recovery, but can improve a little depending on the stain nature.

Keep_pedalling · 6 November 2022 at 10:17AM

Definitely wood not laminate, could be solid or engineered. One possibility assuming it is a floating floor, if it won’t clean up is lift the floor and relocate that piece under a sofa.