How to Fill Pipe Holes in Wooden Floors | Ask This Old House

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  • @ncc74656m
    @ncc74656m Рік тому +86

    Tommy is just such an awesome instructor. I feel like he could make anyone not only a fully qualified carpenter, but a better person, haha.

  • @richboy249
    @richboy249 Рік тому +305

    Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!

  • @greywolfwalking6359
    @greywolfwalking6359 Рік тому +21

    " Old carpenters don't die,they just blend away into the cracks of the floorboards"!! Thanks for sharing Tom!!
    👍🧙‍♂️!

  • @MrHowieZ1973
    @MrHowieZ1973 Рік тому +27

    I wish I had had a Master like Tommy to teach me all those years ago. I had to learn the hard way lol

  • @2loco
    @2loco Рік тому +55

    Tommy is such a good fellow.

  • @ericcartmansh
    @ericcartmansh Рік тому +4

    My gosh, Tommy is such a good teacher

  • @middy774
    @middy774 Рік тому +11

    I love how Tommy is like “I had just the right board laying around…”

  • @Phantomas2011
    @Phantomas2011 Рік тому +5

    Tommy I hope you read the reviews…. I LOVE watching you work what a pro

  • @NarNarHD
    @NarNarHD Рік тому +44

    TOH does such a great job of proving real information in a way that isn't overly dramatic and fake! It's so refreshing compared to similar shows

    • @nw6gmp
      @nw6gmp Рік тому +4

      and they prove you don't need to go out and spend $$$ just to get a perfect matching finish.

  • @johngriswold
    @johngriswold Рік тому +9

    It occurred to me as I was redoing my kitchen floor that all I know came from Tommy and Norm. Thank you both.

    • @JimDean002
      @JimDean002 9 місяців тому

      If I'm working on a car it's a safe bet I'm using knowledge I got from my dad. But if I'm working around the house or doing any woodworking, there's just as good of a chance that whatever I'm doing I'm using knowledge I got from this show and most often from this man or Norm. Unless of course it's plumbing then we know where that came from...

  • @TheBorrito
    @TheBorrito Рік тому

    Geez, this guy is a national treasure.

  • @Whocares.........
    @Whocares......... Рік тому +3

    I loved teaching people how to use power tools. Empowering.

  • @johnkozlowski8782
    @johnkozlowski8782 Рік тому

    A true Craftsman Tom Silva is.

  • @ricksampson6780
    @ricksampson6780 Рік тому +27

    Tom Silva is a true master craftsperson!

    • @uncouthboy8028
      @uncouthboy8028 11 місяців тому +2

      Craftsman. Come on now.

    • @GeeTheBuilder
      @GeeTheBuilder 11 місяців тому

      Not on this occasion. That patch looks dreadful.
      He’s so much better than this.

  • @rightlanehog3151
    @rightlanehog3151 Рік тому +16

    Videos like this help me justify the sky high fees I pay to be a "This Old House" UA-cam subscriber. 😁

    • @RedheadedMusic
      @RedheadedMusic Рік тому +3

      You mean people pay for this free information?

  • @cpee656
    @cpee656 Рік тому +3

    Tommy saves old nails too?!? Ok, I don’t feel so bad about it now. hahaha. Great video!

  • @santaclaus179
    @santaclaus179 Рік тому +4

    wonderfull maintaining these old houses , and also our great teacher mr tom as always making clever remarks

  • @WilliamMurray-lr1bb
    @WilliamMurray-lr1bb Рік тому +1

    Tom's got a great personality , ie. ' I'm too cheap ! &. ' hit it like you hate it !

  • @kalijasin
    @kalijasin Рік тому +1

    Tom Silva is amazing!

  • @JohnSmith-ef6rg
    @JohnSmith-ef6rg 3 місяці тому

    Tom put this guy to work! More than others haha.

  • @regularguy9264
    @regularguy9264 Рік тому +8

    Push stick should be closer to the blade than the fence of the table saw, but Tommy was on the receiving end making sure it didn’t twist and then kick back. He partly corrected the fellow on the second rip.

  • @WisconsinWanderer
    @WisconsinWanderer Рік тому +5

    The home owner did a good job with Tommy’s perfectionist help

  • @virginiarocks
    @virginiarocks Рік тому

    Tom Silva is the best

  • @mitchdenner9743
    @mitchdenner9743 Рік тому +49

    The only thing i would have done differently is i would've stepped the end joint so the two joints didn't line up.

    • @jameskern1526
      @jameskern1526 Рік тому +14

      Yea I don't really get the point of faking the gap instead of just ripping the board into two. A real gap would've looked a little nicer and they could've staggered the boards for like barely any extra effort

    • @sofiep7861
      @sofiep7861 Рік тому +2

      And add shim, it was higher on one side and lower on the other side. Not exactly butting against current floor.

    • @shanew7361
      @shanew7361 Рік тому +2

      I agree that looks like 💩

    • @rupe53
      @rupe53 Рік тому +1

      @@sofiep7861 ... I have used shims of tar paper or roofing felt to match floorboards.

    • @karenfries170
      @karenfries170 11 місяців тому

      Same thought I had.... seems I always notice irregularities like that...

  • @lsudaddy
    @lsudaddy Рік тому +5

    i was waiting for the scream after he hammered his own hand 7:58

  • @komaboi19
    @komaboi19 Рік тому +2

    "So--have you ever used a cross cut saw like this before?"
    "Uh, lighty, yeah."
    Sure you have, bud. 😉 Sure you have. 😅

  • @ikust007
    @ikust007 Рік тому +3

    Always splendid info

  • @ikust007
    @ikust007 Рік тому +3

    You are not cheap : it was the good thing to do !

  • @rupe53
    @rupe53 Рік тому +7

    take matching wood out of a closet and do the repair patch in the closet where nobody will see it.

  • @jonarse
    @jonarse Рік тому +12

    oh man, look at that staircase, that looks so nice.

  • @Guardducks
    @Guardducks Рік тому +1

    Ole pops to the rescue .

  • @godbluffvdgg
    @godbluffvdgg Рік тому +3

    The holes are tiny, just cover them..I'm in philly, I use a piece of copper cap, If you've been doing remodeling for decades, you always have some old patinated copper laying around...Make a square to cover the hole, cut the corners off glue it in...

    • @rupe53
      @rupe53 Рік тому +1

      If the hole is the right size, you can glue in a piece of closet pole then saw it flush and sand it.

    • @godbluffvdgg
      @godbluffvdgg Рік тому

      @@rupe53 That'll work too!

    • @uncouthboy8028
      @uncouthboy8028 11 місяців тому +1

      Or you can do it the right way.

    • @godbluffvdgg
      @godbluffvdgg 11 місяців тому +1

      @@uncouthboy8028 New heating system?

    • @R_A_3000
      @R_A_3000 10 місяців тому

      ​@@godbluffvdgg Yeah I don't know why they took out the radiators.
      I know my dad doesn't that to his rental properties to cut down on maintenance cost.

  • @Hollyrock712
    @Hollyrock712 Рік тому

    Tommy is the best !!!

  • @bryangsmitty
    @bryangsmitty Рік тому +2

    Does Tommy know his hat has signal flags for Whisky Tango Foxtrot?

  • @miroslav-kalapov
    @miroslav-kalapov Рік тому +15

    I think it would look better with 2 individual boars cut to different lengths so that the joints are staggered.

    • @carpenter52kg
      @carpenter52kg 6 місяців тому

      probably can't find a nailer for a short board. Old houses aren't 16 in on center

  • @awade4232
    @awade4232 Рік тому +3

    I wonder if the homeowner knows that royalty helped him with his repair? I have a Tom Silva bobblehead in my shop. I touch it for good luck every time I do a project.

  • @davidkrocks
    @davidkrocks Рік тому +1

    looks really good!

  • @peep39
    @peep39 Рік тому +1

    Most of the wood I pulled out of my 1920 house split like a mother, so incredibly dried out. I wish I could have tried to save what was left of the HW T&G from the screened in porch, but it just was not in the time or energy budget

  • @buck9739
    @buck9739 11 місяців тому

    This home owner looks handy😂

  • @ikust007
    @ikust007 Рік тому +1

    5:53 brilliant

  • @robertblackman3451
    @robertblackman3451 Рік тому

    Well done men!

  • @thaicheng6047
    @thaicheng6047 Рік тому

    you the best old man

  • @charliekline3975
    @charliekline3975 Рік тому

    Tom is awesome

  • @nezbyodella2943
    @nezbyodella2943 Рік тому

    😂 If this guy says "okay" one more time 😂😂

  • @frankvaldez2769
    @frankvaldez2769 Рік тому

    Great work.

  • @DallasRUSHian
    @DallasRUSHian Рік тому +1

    How do you match the stain?

  • @SonicOrbStudios
    @SonicOrbStudios 11 місяців тому

    That table saw made me nervous

  • @1dayUllC
    @1dayUllC Рік тому

    Hey Gents,
    Thank you so much for the awesome content.
    Any proven idea, how to fix a cca d: 1,5 cm, 2-3 mm deep hole/damage in a laminated floor panel (at a very visible point), when neither you, nor the stores have any (not even similar) of those laminated floor patterns?
    Thank you so much in advance.

  • @supernovasky
    @supernovasky Рік тому

    I love the ‘WTF’ hat hahaha!

  • @heroknaderi
    @heroknaderi Рік тому +1

    Love it 😍

  • @mdc4runner
    @mdc4runner Рік тому +2

    That homeowner was super awkward around a saw!😅

  • @odoroussmegma2191
    @odoroussmegma2191 Рік тому

    I was waiting for Norm to jump out from the bushes and break this guys back for being so unsure of himself on the table saw.

    • @nancynga6820
      @nancynga6820 Рік тому +1

      Yes. And come up with a jig to cut one board perfectly.

  • @Hockleberry
    @Hockleberry 7 місяців тому

    Whoa, so when he was talking about mixing the satin finish, he said to stir it slowly so as not to create bubbles because the bubbles will transfer to the finished product? How does that work? I've definitely not been following that rule before, with some outdoor furniture I built for my patio. Hell, I used to mix the can by shaking up and down :/

  • @SPMech1
    @SPMech1 Рік тому

    👍👍👍👍👍👍 Tommy Silva 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @DetroitJCS
    @DetroitJCS Рік тому

    I want to do this! TEACH ME TOH!

  • @michaelsnell4034
    @michaelsnell4034 Рік тому

    I wonder if Tommy has ever used an old curved bottom flooring saw before they came out with oscillating tools.

  • @robgeach8105
    @robgeach8105 9 місяців тому

    tommy: "I just want it to look like there was water damage here where the radiator used to be."

  • @TheFishSquad
    @TheFishSquad Рік тому

    Hit it like you hate it! HAHAHA

  • @BlackHoleForge
    @BlackHoleForge Рік тому

    Dutchman? Thanks Tommy.

  • @crownmoldingbyspectaculart941

    End grain to end grain butt joint needs biscuits or a spline

  • @PhilWithCoffee
    @PhilWithCoffee Рік тому

    Does anyone recognize the brand finish they are using?

  • @eduardoquintero7205
    @eduardoquintero7205 Рік тому +2

    Like your work Tommy great job God bless you

  • @ikust007
    @ikust007 Рік тому

    9:48 ahahah! Good for him !

  • @VideoNOLA
    @VideoNOLA Рік тому

    About the only manual labor that homeowner has done before involved stirring a martini.

  • @miker6516
    @miker6516 Рік тому

    Good stuff.. but couldn't you have sanded it outside ?and darkened the line then sanded the top then done the varnish

  • @Scubamike4499
    @Scubamike4499 Рік тому

    Nice video...
    But was with this guy playing pocket pool the whole video?

  • @michaeledwards1432
    @michaeledwards1432 Рік тому +1

    His hat says WTF!

  • @gpslightlock1422
    @gpslightlock1422 Рік тому

    He called Tom Silva and got Norm Abram.

  • @ticticmtm
    @ticticmtm Рік тому

    "Hit it like you hate it"

  • @lulutileguy
    @lulutileguy Рік тому

    times up on this craft

  • @holdemNE1
    @holdemNE1 Рік тому +2

    4:22 Clean that nasty saw blade.

  • @DetroitJCS
    @DetroitJCS Рік тому

    I would need painters tape on the floorboards

  • @tmacfan927
    @tmacfan927 Рік тому

    Hello

  • @handytbutler7380
    @handytbutler7380 Рік тому +10

    i follow alot of the shows you guys do but must admit i was shocked when i saw you using a table saw without the riving knife on it. I think that is one of the biggest safety features that are absolutely needed. i dont usually mock people but you should always always use the riving knife on a table saw. Safety on those saws are the biggest things.

    • @RoastBeefSandwich
      @RoastBeefSandwich Рік тому +7

      Usually removed for TV so people can see what’s happening

    • @uncouthboy8028
      @uncouthboy8028 11 місяців тому

      Only person deserving mockery is you hoss

  • @halfdohm
    @halfdohm Рік тому +1

    Dan, take your hands out of your pockets.

  • @michaelsteinbach
    @michaelsteinbach Рік тому +1

    7:33 I bet they lose so many cameras doing this.

  • @GeeTheBuilder
    @GeeTheBuilder 11 місяців тому

    Tom is my hero. He’s amazing and taught me loads
    BUT this was a horrible patch.
    Tom, what happened??
    The score line didn’t line up to convince us it was two boards. You should have ripped two boards and staggered that one big butt join.
    Shame. Tom is so so much better than this.

  • @fernandorodriguez4382
    @fernandorodriguez4382 2 місяці тому

    I would like to add a wine holder on a small wall. With laminate flooring and brackets. Will you help me. You can make a video out of it. Let me know DM me.

  • @patmash
    @patmash Рік тому +2

    Looks like the only thing this guy made in his life is money. But that’s ok, TOH has his back. Great repair as always Tom.

  • @jumbowana
    @jumbowana Рік тому

    I want Tommy teaching other stuff as well. Tommy teaching programming would be great.

  • @timmoriarty133
    @timmoriarty133 Рік тому +1

    I need a WTF hat!!

  • @jasonsgroovemachine
    @jasonsgroovemachine Рік тому +1

    Tommy, too cheap to buy new nails after using his $600 oscillating saw.

  • @degenwow
    @degenwow Рік тому

    Tale says homeowner had a racoon in the pocket

  • @saljablo2767
    @saljablo2767 Рік тому

    What’s the odds this guy followed Tommy’s instructions?

    • @sethwpierce
      @sethwpierce Рік тому +1

      I know the homeowner and I asked because I too was curious. I'm happy to report back he followed the instructions given. The patch looks great. He also went on to patch some other holes in his house.

  • @mistereric416
    @mistereric416 Рік тому

    Tommy is getting a bit spicy has he gets older

  • @kingplumber
    @kingplumber Рік тому +1

    Why wouldn't you just put in two Dutchmen pieces . Or at least actually use two boards and stagger the joints.

    • @rupe53
      @rupe53 Рік тому +1

      take pieces of matching wood out of a closet then do the patch in the closet.

  • @bennoble2049
    @bennoble2049 7 місяців тому

    With all that been going on the past few years how insignificant do these holes seem?
    Guys worried his baby he gave birth to will fall down the hole… Jesus.

  • @agruici
    @agruici Рік тому

    Reusing nails. Must be how Tommy saved so much to buy those Festools.

    • @agruici
      @agruici Рік тому

      @@Kevin-mp5of Of course! He had to work with Bob Villa so he deserves it!

  • @trustone8540
    @trustone8540 Рік тому

    Came out a little poopie in the corner there.

  • @lordhoho1
    @lordhoho1 Рік тому

    One more thing take your hands out of your pockets

  • @johnroberts2444
    @johnroberts2444 Рік тому

    What if a person has a wood leg & it gets damaged, how do you fix that ? Do you put a stain on it or do you paint it with a primer first & put semi - gloss on it ?🤔

    • @johnroberts2444
      @johnroberts2444 Рік тому

      I'm just yanking your chain Tommy , nice job my friend !!! 👍🤣🤣🤣

  • @uncouthboy8028
    @uncouthboy8028 11 місяців тому

    "my wife and I had a baby"

  • @mitchdenner9743
    @mitchdenner9743 Рік тому +4

    "I used it lightly " that means no tommy.

  • @buck9739
    @buck9739 11 місяців тому

    Banker with six fingers

  • @glorygloryhallelujah
    @glorygloryhallelujah Рік тому

    I definitely would not have let that guy touch the table saw

  • @FXAllThingsFun
    @FXAllThingsFun Рік тому

    The owner pushed the wrong side of the board when he's ripping it down at the table saw. what he did will have a serious risk of kickback

  • @stevebusch-h8h
    @stevebusch-h8h Рік тому

    ummm, why aren't we removing pieces from an area like a closet to use for the patch pieces? I know it's more work but you will NEVER match the color of a stained floor w/ different wood & new stain.. never

  • @Farm_fab
    @Farm_fab Рік тому

    Many of the projects that ask toh does are things that shop classes and trade schools teach, but the students got into computing and other things unrelated, and can't do simple projects for themselves.

  • @sailingwiththegods538
    @sailingwiththegods538 Місяць тому

    Hit it with your purse next time.

  • @Always_Right00
    @Always_Right00 Рік тому +8

    God i hate watching this generation of fem men try and do things.

    • @shamus12
      @shamus12 Рік тому +5

      God i hate reading the older generation of insecure men try to overcompensate for their insecurities.