Bad patching gallery

Please don’t patch wood floors like this. It makes us sad.

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A white oak floor repaired with red oak boards that do not match.

A white oak floor repaired with red oak boards that do not match.

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I get that they didn't want to lace in 27 boards at both ends, but why di they use PINE in a maple floor?

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Sound but inelegant patching

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Filler as patch

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Filler as patch

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Please do not patch your maple 1 1/2" floor with 6" PINE. Nope.

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Maple patched into birch- this is sad-making.

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Bad patching

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Why the diagonal floor? Why the big gap? Why the cracky fill? Why?

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Bad patching

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Filler patch

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You need to undercut your doorways

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They drum-sanded field was not blended with the edger-sanded perimeter.

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Tried to patch old, lower grade maple with new, white, #1 maple. Oops.

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This a patch that almost anyone could manage.

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Needs patching

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Needs patching

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Worst patching EVER

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Oak patched into maple; not blended and not pretty.

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Filler really sucks