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Engineered wood, If you don't have any of the original you're pretty much out of luck. You could do a tile insert under the fridge, till you can replace it all.

If it a continual flowing floor and you can't get the correct material to fix it properly then yes, they should cover for all areas where the boards are flowing. That includes down the hall and any other areas
Can't hurt to call them! I would in a NewYork minute

We actually talked about that - just cutting a square area in front of the fridge and putting tile down like it was meant to be there in a possible spill area.

My only concern is the subfloor. I'm not sure if it has any give that would crack the tile. There may be another option to do that besides tile.

I'll probably give it a go next weekend, if I'm not happy with trying to swap out replacement wood, I'l consider my options including reaching out to the insurance company. At the moment though I don't want to file a claim.

Hardie board.

This will be fugked up. Just watch.

It’s not the subfloor that’s going to cause deflection, it’s your floor joist/truss. What are your joist in that area (2x8, 2x10?) what is the spacing and span?
STX might have an opinion on this, but we’d use the Schluter Ditra underlayment designed for using tile in areas with movement (joist deflection). Small area under a fridge I’d just lay it on Durock and get on with life.

Can’t be any worse than Roy’s wood stove install.
I’d bet inside 3mos. there’s a fireballz “prayer request, our house just burned down” thread.

Yes, and I did in a home it lived in. The touchiest part was the stain match but that blended in within a year or so pretty darn well. If they sand the entire floor or to a division point the stain can be blended easier.
The guys that pop the strips out and replace them do it faster than I would have thought.
In this area these are wood strip oak floors, in that 7/8” thickness or so. Good old stuff.
Up here bad areas areas are often near the front door which is in the main living room in older homes. Winter boots left near those doors over the years played heck on the oak strip floors.

Osky

I am with you on the claim file. I have $500 deductible, and lose my 10% policy discount for three years if I file a claim.

If I can do a repair on the cheap, that is a hell of a lot better option.

One year I also found water damage under the fridge. The particle board subfloor had to be replaced in that area. It was not a big job once exposed. I applied thin set on the subfloor, put down 3/8" hardi-board, and put tile down through the whole kitchen and laundry.

Momma was happy. That is the only critic I worry about.

For only $500 and a three year 10% policy discount it seems like the DIY cost would have to be pretty damn cheap to justify the hassle and possible Fugg up of cutting up your floorboards and splicing from on area to another.

Engineered wood only has a thin veneer, about a 1/16th thick or so, it's not solid.

Whatever fix you choose, take note ahead of time of the thickness of flooring your pulling out. If you change to tile, carpet, whatever as a PATCH you want to be sure your result is exactly surface flush with what your leaving behind.
Any varying edges in a traffic spot like that will drive you crazy. Even if you use wood from elsewhere in the same home you may have to sand it down to blend.

Osky

good points to consider

Roger knows his trade.

I think pictures would be very helpful...

If it was me, I'd use tile under the fidge, sort of like this.

I'm tempted, I have a tile saw

I'll see what the wife wants.

Just take a few pieces from the pantry and replace. It ain't hard.

Sometimes NOT matching it can work out well. My SIL bought an old house with hardwood floors that were in bad shape. There was a crawl space hatch in the floor right in front of the bathroom door. The cover was made of 2x4's and old plywood. It wasn't nearly as attractive as it sounds. She hired a contractor to refinish the floors. At the same time, he made a new hatch cover. He couldn't possibly make one to match the floor so he pieced together other old wood to make sort of mosaic pattern. It very much shows but it looks more like a work of art than a hole cover. Considering what he had to work with, it came out great.

KFWA, if you like, you might use tile in front of the outside door to balance it out.