Damage to engineered floor

how about getting some wood filler and a stain pen. much cheaper then refinishing the floor in the whole room.

Remove and replace the damaged planks? It'll look not-so-great but that's how engineered wood is supposed to look.

I would get your building to deal with it; I agree that your options are replacing the plank or filling the hole, but filling the hole is a painstaking job -- it is only ten minutes of tinkering a day, but you need a 12-24 hour dry time between days.

If you want to do it, use two thin coats of wood filler rather than trying to fill the entire hole at once.. it will wear better that way. Do give the filler a full day to dry between coats.

Then to stain it, I'd use a small can of stain b/c I hate stain pens, but that's just me. You want to cover the blemish and then sort of smudge around it so you get blurry margins, which will be less noticeable than defined ones.

ali r.
DG Neary Realty

thanks all

did this happen during the earthquake??

did this happen when someone with a pointy butt sat on your floor?