Tiny Holes In Hardwood Floors
Scratches and small holes in hardwood floors draw in the eye and might be causing you stress too.
Tiny holes in hardwood floors. Wooden floors can significantly add to a home s value and are prized for their contribution to a home s aesthetics so it is alarming to notice tiny holes that are threatening the wood s appearance. If you have hardwood floors the infestation can t be seen even for some years. But in the world of hardwood flooring woodfiller is designed to camouflage small holes and chips in the floor and that s it. The tiny worm holes no more than 1 16 th of an inch are made by a wood boring insect that lives and eats when the wood is still part of a living tree or even after it is recently processed as lumber.
It can t make large scratches disappear. When you fill holes in a wood floor consider the look you want and the type of hole or crack. Every type of flooring takes a beating from shoes kids pets and moving furniture. So laminate starts to sag and blister.
Hardwood flooring manufacturers allow a certain number of holes as they add to the texture and appearance of the planks. Termites may eat the backing of the laminate floors. At some point even hardwood floors show signs of wear and tear. It doesn t hide large holes.