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Broken Floorboard Investigation and Replacement

One of the floor boards of my timber floor recently broke. It's been feeling a bit 'soft' for a while. It's not clear what caused it to break - it may simply have become brittle from wear, or it could be something else (borer, moisture?). The floorboards are made from reclaimed wood that (allegedly) was subsequently treated to prevent any borer infestation. Please do the following: 1. Assess the damaged board (and surrounding boards) to try to determine the cause of the breakage, if possible. 2. Replace the broken board (ideally with wood that looks the same - it may be possible to 'cannibalize' some boards from a less visible area of the floor (eg, under furniture/appliances) and use those if the same sort of wood can't be found and use similar wood to replace what was taken from the cannibalized area). 3. Replace any surrounding boards as above if they present a hazard/are likely to fail in the near future