I've been living with this 1/4ass fix for 4 years now. I finally stepped on the soft spot just right and put my heal through it so I am finally motivated enough to fix it 
. Rightnow it just has 3/4 particle board filling it since it was carpeted nobody really cared what it looked like. I ripped it up 3 years ago and would like it to atleast look halfway decent. I've just been covering it with a throw rug which was fine till I put a hole in it.
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The flash really amplifies the dirt and scratches. By the time I cut out the boards on the short sides that are already cut and a little around the long edge just to even things out the hole will be 3ft by 2ft.
No matter what I do its never going to look right even if I rip up some of the old stuff and interweave new stuff which I don't really have the skill to do anyway. My original plan was just to cut some plywood to fill the hole and cover it with real hardwood just cut to fit but neither Lowes or Home Depot sale real hardwood flooring in small amounts. They sale oak planks but none are the right size. Their cheapest hardwood flooring is 15sqft at $50 and I don't want to spend that much since it going to look bad no mater what I do. My second plan was just to by a nice solid peice of 3/4in thick hardwood of some kind and just fill it in in one big peice. The last option is fake hardwood flooring but even that is only sold in larger quanities and is pretty expenive except for one that comes in little 6in by 6in squares kinda like tile. Its usually done in a checkerboard style light and dark if that help, can't find any pics. One box of that stuff would work and its only $10 but I don't know how that will hold up to being refinished which my floor need at some point. The throw rug is probably going back over it no matter what I do.
. Rightnow it just has 3/4 particle board filling it since it was carpeted nobody really cared what it looked like. I ripped it up 3 years ago and would like it to atleast look halfway decent. I've just been covering it with a throw rug which was fine till I put a hole in it.Text1
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The flash really amplifies the dirt and scratches
. By the time I cut out the boards on the short sides that are already cut and a little around the long edge just to even things out the hole will be 3ft by 2ft.No matter what I do its never going to look right even if I rip up some of the old stuff and interweave new stuff which I don't really have the skill to do anyway. My original plan was just to cut some plywood to fill the hole and cover it with real hardwood just cut to fit but neither Lowes or Home Depot sale real hardwood flooring in small amounts. They sale oak planks but none are the right size. Their cheapest hardwood flooring is 15sqft at $50 and I don't want to spend that much since it going to look bad no mater what I do. My second plan was just to by a nice solid peice of 3/4in thick hardwood of some kind and just fill it in in one big peice. The last option is fake hardwood flooring but even that is only sold in larger quanities and is pretty expenive except for one that comes in little 6in by 6in squares kinda like tile. Its usually done in a checkerboard style light and dark if that help, can't find any pics. One box of that stuff would work and its only $10 but I don't know how that will hold up to being refinished which my floor need at some point. The throw rug is probably going back over it no matter what I do.
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