These are large pieces of lumber going across the house from side to side supporting the floor roof and are generally 16 apart.
Matching floors when removing a wall.
First determine if the wall you want to remove is a load bearing wall meaning it supports the floor above.
When removing a wall you ll have to consider what s going to happen to the floor and ceiling.
Removing a wall as part of a remodel typically leaves gaps on the walls ceiling and floor where the plates and studs were connected.
These before and after pictures will give you ideas for removing walls in your home.
So you have taken out a wall where there were hardwood floors on either side.
We are inserting 8 feet of glass doors into a wall that was separating a 3 season room from the kitchen.
The flooring is probably about 25 50 years old b grade oak tongue groove flooring 2 1 4 wide and.
You know you have to fill the gap with something but what.
We plan to put in 2 1 4 wood floors in kitchen one day to match the rest of the house red oak.
A lot of wood flooring probably about 30 sq.
Removing a wall leaves a 4 9 16 or larger gaps in the hardwood floor where the plates and studs were connected.
For hardwood floors it can be difficult to patch between rooms and make them look seamless.
Go into your basement or crawlspace and look at the alignment of floor joists.
Occasionally wall to wall carpeting is laid directly on top of an unfinished subfloor.
The kitchen and 3 season room floors are the same level.
How to merge hardwood flooring when removing a wall.
Sometimes you just have to pick a spot and run a line this transition lines up with the wall but not the island.
Or more will be needed to repair the floor.
It s difficult to patch that one missing wall area and make it blend in says andreson whose wall removal project is shown here.
In other cases the boards must be removed and replaced by hand with matching boards a costly process.
We are removing a wall between two wood floored rooms as well as a closet and corner hutch.
Removing interior walls can make a dramatic difference.
Floors saws jigs power tools demolition repair techniques.