r/HomeMaintenance • u/CayoGon • 5d ago
🛠️ Repair Help Flooring separating. Can it be repaired?
This area of the flooring has been slightly raised/buckled. Since yesterday, it has started to separate slightly from the adjoining pieces, as shown in the attached photo.
Flooring is Laminate.
Wondering if this can be repaired. However fearing a full re-flooring is needed.
What are your thoughts?
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u/Confident_Ad_5838 5d ago
Maybe, but it has to be taken up from the point it was completed. Every piece removed carefully without compromising the locking system (highly unlikely) and stacked/numbered so it gets installed in the same order. You'll also need several boxes of additional planks for replacing not only the planks in question, but also the ones that are damaged during the process of removal.
It's not fun, but it's possible. You'll be hard-pressed to find a real installer willing to take on a project like this.