How Do You Fix Bruce Laminate Flooring?
One of the advantages of a no-nail, no-glue “floating” laminate floor is that if any of the boards become warped or damaged, you can take the floor apart like a jigsaw puzzle, replace the bad planks, and put the floor back together. Floating floors aren’t connected to the house structure, but are merely snapped together and held down by the floor moulding at the edges of the room. With major flooring manufacturers like Bruce, it’s easy to find replacement boards of exactly the same style and size as the ones that have to be replaced. Step 1 Determine which wall is closest to the damaged planks and running in the same direction as the planks. Pry off the floor moulding along that wall, taking care not to break it. Also pry off the moulding from the two walls that run perpendicular to the direction of the floorboards. Extract the nails and set the trim aside. Step 2 Separate the first course of floorboards from the floor along the starting wall, by pushing the boards toward the wall. T
