Replacing tongue and groove floorboard

[MattB83]

Following on from another post about an electrician leaving an uneven circular cut-out in about 5 points along a couple of floorboards. I'm now wondering about the best way to replace.

I'm assuming I could use a cutting tool to take out the required sections between joists and replace short sections. I'm assuming it will be difficult to get a perfect finish as the whole point of tongue and groove is that it fits together. Is there a 'proper' way to replace a single board?

 

[foxhole]

You can cut out the board and before replacing cut off the bottom groove on the female side, this allows the board to fit back so the appearance is maintained.

 

[MattB83]

You can cut out the board and before replacing cut off the bottom groove on the female side, this allows the board to fit back so the appearance is maintained.

Ahhh thank you. Do I need to cut off the tongue on the new board?

 

[foxhole]

Ahhh thank you. Do I need to cut off the tongue on the new board?

No should be able to slide it in provided next board groove is clear .

 

[MattB83]

No should be able to slide it in provided next board groove is clear .

Thank you. Sorry one further question if you have time... Would it be foolish to replace a very short length I.e. between 2-3 joists? I'm.assuming a longer section would be more stable?

 

[foxhole]

Thank you. Sorry one further question if you have time... Would it be foolish to replace a very short length I.e. between 2-3 joists? I'm.assuming a longer section would be more stable?

It’s fine as long as end sit on joist.

 

[Sard]

I'm in a similar situation but I've decided to go with plywood as I didnt want to faff about with tongues and grooves. All my cut boards no longer have a slot for the tongue to fit into, so I'm putting straight edges against each other

 

[MattB83]

I'm in a similar situation but I've decided to go with plywood as I didnt want to faff about with tongues and grooves. All my cut boards no longer have a slot for the tongue to fit into, so I'm putting straight edges against each other

Thanks - so you just found plywood the correct depth and cut it/had it cut to the correct width?

 

[Sard]

Thanks - so you just found plywood the correct depth and cut it/had it cut to the correct width?

Yep, pretty much that. You can get plywood that is 610mm wide or 1220mm wide and cut accordingly. My existing boards are all 600mm wide, so I can get two pieces out of 2440 X 1220 X 18mm plywood.