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Floors in the old brick village homes can be wide antique strips, while newer houses have narrow oak. We identify species, width and age before tinting a replacement.
Floors in the old brick village homes can be wide antique strips, while newer houses have narrow oak. We identify species, width and age before tinting a replacement.
Finding the cause comes first. We take moisture readings, shine a light on the joists from the cellar, and look at nearby plumbing before any repair is planned.
A hallway strip that ticks with every step gets screwed down and plugged. Gaps left by woodstove heat in lake houses get a flexible filler, so grit stops collecting.
Our repair techs are on the Brazil Floors staff, trained through the NWFA and licensed and insured. A patch of ours that lets go within a year is redone free.



We look first, because a single split strip near the woodstove and a soaked lake house hallway are far apart in cost. The visit costs nothing and a written price follows.
Often it is. Fans and meters dry the wood first. Strips that settle back flat remain, while any that stay cupped or split get replaced and blended in.
Usually we can source or mill wood of that species at that width, then tint it to match. On very old floors, sanding the full room afterward can blend the patch best.
Humid lake air or a damp cellar can push moisture into the wood. We check the readings, deal with the source and then decide what needs replacing.
Light marks sometimes do. Once a stain goes black it has reached the bottom of the strip, so those pieces get pulled and we lace in new oak tinted to the surrounding floor.
Normally in a day or two. Simple fixes can begin the next day, but a soaked floor may need several days with fans running before replacement strips are set.
The free visit ends with a written price. When repairs are folded into a sanding job, 50% is collected as the sanders roll in, with the other 50% paid once the final seal has dried.
Yes. Patch work in a Wales home carries our labor promise until the same date next year. When a strip we set lifts, or filler we packed pulls away through our fault, the crew returns and fixes it free.