What a badass video. This dude ran into every possible thing that could go wrong (which seems like always happens to me). He's a real good floor technician.

Thank you so much for showing All the problems and trouble shooting!! I didn't need to watch this whole video because I'm looking for something a little different... but I got pulled in and just had to see it all 😂 I want that knee wheel rolling thing 😲

Andy I do custom flooring and the basic laminate and LVT! This repair is very time consuming with wood or laminate. When my wife started working from home her office chair was being used 8 hours a day and a small piece by one of the joints decided it wanted to be free! Fixing it was not an issue especially since this is my job. Customers don’t understand why this repair is so expensive until they see the amount of time it takes. The problem here started with improper flooring prep. Great video!

Loved the way it wasnt planned. To encounter an added problem and improvise your way out.

Excellent video ....thank you so much Andy. I really appreciate how your video showed each step, and how you had to trouble shoot each new development in trying to install the board. Helps to demonstrate that often even a simple job and run into difficultly where you have to problem solve. Just know this video you made is well appreciated by a lot of home owners and handymen. I had the exact same problem with the cement floor underneath. I ended up using a air chisel to chip away the concrete and then putting some cement down to level it.

It’s is a genuine video, the fellow did not stage any of it …. Respect

Smart improvising and good setup. You seem very professional

Wow, fantastic! This KZfaq video should get an award for showing how to deal with issues you didn’t know about when you started and how to problem-solve to find the root cause. I am so tired of glib KZfaqrs who pretend to fix stuff where all bolts fall off in your hands and parts are mysteriously clean and shiny. Also, I loved that kneeling sitting creeper. Clearly this is a professional who cares about his health.

Carpet Tape + Scrap 2x4 on top of the plank or planks you need to nudge and then hit the 2x4. This will work with basically all unfastened flooring. Even glued vinyl planks can be massaged in this fashion sparingly. I provide this tip since everyone is criticizing how he's hitting the flooring. I doubt very much he damaged it at all, but if you're working with something that mars easily or have a bit of a squeamish client that's a way you can do it. I find the method works very well because you have a lot of control over the movement and move the planking in at least two directions very easily. Use care removing the 2x4.

Glad to know I'm not keeping that extra box on a closet floor for nothing. Probably need it under the fridge some day.

One of those jobs I have been dreading ever since I installed the laminate boards in several rooms. I'm thinking an easier solution is a throw rug. Ha!

I like that little kneeling seat! Wish I’d had one when I installed laminate in my three bedrooms.

love your foot trolley

Thank you for the great video. I was thinking this may be an absolutely impossible task.

Excellent video with “real world” conditions and problems and solutions!Thanks! Suggestion: it would be helpful to explain the tongue and groove on the board and show how you cut off one long side to fit it into the opening. I would also use a suction cup to move the current floor boards and to install the new board to avoid any potential mallet damage.

Love the problem solving and real world example! Thanks!!

You make this so easy, thanks for the help, 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪Niall from Ireland. Ps your work is amazing.

Thanks for that. I’ve had a couple of these were I’ve had to take a chunk of the floor up. Love the rolling knee pads.

Thank you for this video! Between your method and comments, I know what I’m dealing with and have options for my handyman.

Man, sometimes you really get more than you bargained for! What a pain. Some people just don’t understand “do it right or do it twice”. Nice work and helpful video 😊

This was genuinely the best video I have seen so far this year. Thank you for sharing, you have put future money in my bank account giving me the knowledge to repair something that a lot of guys say can't be done. Lovely to watch you work also, you stay calm and don't rush, that normally speeds the work up! I hope you get well paid for these repairs, it's a lot cheaper than replacing a whole floor which a lot of guys will say is the only option.

Just a tip , if the board is too tight put it in the freezer for a few days it will contract enough for it to fit . I know because I’m a KZfaq expert !

Big help, thank you for taking the time to show us.

Loved how you took out that board, but I was squirming when you hit the next one with the mallet! Great kneel trolley too.

Love X pattern technique!

I used a variation of this method several years ago. Worked great. I would have used a tapping block to move the board back rather than risk any damage or marks with a mallet . . . I commented too soon! Lol

Ok, I wasn’t sure how to do it right so I pulled up most of the floor to repair some pieces that were under a wall that was torn down. Wow, what a pain in the ass but I got it done after a 12 hour day, and I’m 66 years old!

Good job man! For that kind of repair I normally use Gorilla transparent glue. It works really well too.

That roller seat is awesome

Love that all your buckets match

Great vid guy … I appreciate that , I am in the middle of a repair right now due to a hump in the sub floor .. so yea , I need this

This tip will hopefully help people and its a VERY SIMPLE tip and uses something that EVERYBODY probably has already!! I'm no expert, I'm a DIYER, and I've only done laminate flooring 3 times in my life. However I really enjoy doing it, and I've just completed my biggest project so far, the whole of the downstairs of our house, 200 Square Meters of laminate. I had a couple of very difficult areas that needed the tongues sanded down and glue applied, and then I had to get them panels slid into an adjoining panel. If you apply too much glue, then the panel will be difficult to slide into the adjoining panel, however even with a little bit of glue, it still makes it more difficult. I also wasn't able to use a tapping block either due to the location of the board, and to be honest I don't find it really helps anyway, as it slips and can't get enough friction to move the board. Now are you all really ready for this tip now?? 😁 The best way I found was using your feet with trainers (you call them sneakers in the states?) and stand up and kick the board into place with your trainer, the rubber sole of the trainer provides a huge amount of friction/grip on the board and the power out of your foot makes getting difficult boards to engage into the adjoining board so much easier!! Sorry bit of a long post for something so simple!! 🤣

I'm fixing to replace a couple of purgo laminate planks today 😕thanks for this video.

I like your stool/seat !!

Brilliant Andy, kudo's for the very quick reply buddy.

Very good job. Thanks for putting this video together!😊

Learn something new everyday! Thanks!

Thanks for letting me know helpful advice very much appreciated

Nice video , repairs aren’t easy keep them coming.

I love this video true worker things go wrong you have to make adjustments it doesn't always work the first time nice video dude

Awesome, thanks for posting!!! I need to replace a few in my kitchen due to water damage from the damn dogs water bowl and had noooo clue where to start. Very helpful. Bought the house and there was an unopened pack of matching laminate in the garage so thank God I have that. Now I just need to buy the damn saw lol.

In conclusion, every single little repair requires 37 tricks of the trade to fix ;P

Really good video... I have the same issue, but I don't have the tools to do it myself...

Shopping list : rolling knee board. Great video BTW.

Nice job Andy . grinding the concrete was the best solution. The hump in the concrete caused the damage in the first place. I would have like to seen the finished product.

true craftsman, great job man

Excellent video. Thanks for taking time to make it. I'm a subscriber!

I need that neat little scooter for my “ on the knees” projects!

This shows you how important the expansion gap is around the room.

Nice job Andy was waiting for that trolly t go from under ya when ya were stretching out cutting 🙈

Special mention for that snazzy knee board with wheels, never seen one of them before!!

Good fixes Andy, thanks for the video?

I like the way you problem solved. Nothing is ever straightforward!

Thanks couldn't have done it without your help

If you need to move another board back some, don't pound it with a mallet. Use a scrap piece of the flooring by fitting it into the groove and then hit it so you don't damage the floor or you can use the tool that is made for that purpose.

Good real world instruction because in the real world things never go perfectly!

Looks great!

Get the peace to slide out from under the baseboard . The cut 1/4 inch off. The replacement peace you could grid that peace off instead of floor. No easy way Good job man

That roller cart is awesome.

I have been installing and repairing floors for 14 yrs. I have done countless of these repairs with hardwood and laminate. I do it a little different than this but twice as quick. You make it look hard. Also those wheely kneepads are more of a hassle than anything. All around good vid if it keeps me from wasting my time and more diyers fix their own mistakes. Or get me to install in the first place.

Hey Andy, new sub here, because of your racatac😂😂😂. Wish I had that when I was a Painting contractor! Well done video bro!🇺🇦☮✌🏻

pretty slick...nice job

Stopping your grinder on your shop vac hose, brilliant.

Brilliant thanks for that

That chair, dude!

You made an easy fix real hard, that should have been a 10 maybe 15 minute job

This guy seems to know what he's doing and is taking care, while other installers might rush the process and make it worse. However, in my experience, your floor is never the same again. I had 3 boards replaced on a floor that was only less than a year old and you can clearly see the color difference between the original batch run of laminate and this one. Also, by cutting off the lip at the side or front, you leave a gap in the floor which needs to be sealed or it will be susceptible to leakage from spills and even light mopping. The floor doesn't seem to fit together correctly anymore and squeaks in those sections. If I had a choice, I would've had them replace everything and start from scratch, but it just wasn't possible.

Floor prep is everything !! It's a mirror image remember that!!!

Nice repair technique

Glazing suction cups will help moving boards around, clamp them on and wack the sucker with the mallet.

Love his knee cart!

Very good video! Thank you very much!

Thank you good sir. Nicely done

Thanks for the video.

Ooh... Auntie wants that cute little saw! Nice job sir. I think you should start telling one joke at the end of each video Pandaman. (Uh oh...I'm in trouble, you cranked up that saw and it was really loud! I'm at Lizzie's for Easter and I'm watching your video on my phone at 1:30 am, its gonna wake her up! she's gonna yell at me lol. Ours roles have reversed.) Nice job Andy. Yes you are handy.

Much easier to remove the base trim and number boards if needed. That way all four sides lock in. You did a good job! Being a flooring repair specialist is not easy. A repair such as this is about $150-200.

Love that sliding seat

Thanks for the vid - I appreciate you demonstrating it this way as I've got the situation of one damaged board in the middle of a 12 board row - removing the baseboard and dismantling 1/4 of the floor isn't an option for me.

No way I'm tackling this myself. I wish you were in my neck of the woods. There is nobody in this town with your skills.

Nicely done 🙏🏻👍👆

Great work ! However I really love the loon calls on the TV in the room at the very end of your segment lol

What up Handy Andy!!?? I subscribed off of the name alone ✊😆 and the lil wheely cart!!! 💯❤️

VERY NICE TIPS !!!!!!

Good video so many thanks, but in all practical sense, I think it is therefore fair to say that this really demonstrates that it is actually NOT possible. (For folks at home to do) thanks for showing us though and stay blessed 🙏

Thanks for sharing this.

I installed 1850 Sq ft of flooring. I had to go back and fix one. It is so much easier to use the installation tool to tap boards in either direction. No risk of marring a board.

If you did not have space on the last board, you should have move back the last board and cut out a little piece so that you can create the space that you need for the middle board to fit, second place a scotch tape over the padding so that will not move during installation, and you should have use a tapping board with the same tonge and groove to push it back with no damage, that is how I do it

I have to remove two boards, and have a Rockwell too. So thanks, I’ll try this.

Thanks for sharing. I have to replace a few boards because of dog urine seeped under the cage. Luckily, hopefully, it won't be as challenging because the boards are against the wall by the trim.

I didn’t realize till the end this was a Home Depot ad. Clever!

You welcome. And good job 🤜🤛

Good job .

It's hilarious how so many people made comments that "bashed" him. I guess those people are experts....NOT! But he OBVIOUSLY knows what he's doing. So if you're so damn good at putting flooring in, WHY are you even watching this??? SMH.

Briliant man .

Thank You brother 👋😎👍👏👏👏👏👏👏

En la calidad de los detalles está el trabajo profesional 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thanks for tucking your shirt in back! :-) When grinding the subfloor, it would be easier to check depth with a small piece of the laminate rather than using the new section.

You sound like you could do a killer Jeff Bridges impersonation.

Love you mini wheel chair... Working should be very funny...

Thanks I don’t know what happened to my floor I thinking moisture or the house shifted a bit but I have a pretty bad section that warped and lifted. I was looking at away too fix it with new planks without ripping up the whole floor