I have a few spots in my hardwood floor that is separating, wondering if there is any way to repair this without ripping up the whole floor. This floor covers my entire second floor level. It is in pretty good shape other than about 4 or 5 sections that seem to be separating at the seems. Any help with this is appreciated....Thanks
2007-11-28 13:45:41 · 6 answers · asked by Mike D 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Old floor, the planks are 1.5" wide. I think moisture is an issue, it has happened since I put a pellet stove on lower level. Is there anything I could do now to repair or make the wood expand to original size?
2007-11-28 14:21:56 · update #1
OK.. You have it installed on a second floor. There are a several reasons this may be happening. The sub floor could be moving. House too hot. Drying out the moisture in the wood floor. How old is the floor? When installing a new wood floor a small space about every 4-5 is needed for expansion. When you have a high amount of moisture in the floor these small spaces keep the floor from buckling. Is it a glued down method? (engineered wood) Is it a 3/4" x 3" hardwood floor? There are a lot of different wood floors with all kinds of installation procedures.
2007-11-28 13:55:27 · answer #1 · answered by Big Deal Maker 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
More than likely what is happening is when you put in the pellet stove, you are heating up the rooms, thus removing moister which will make the wood shrink. Moister in the room should be about 40 percent. Get a gauge and see what it is. If it is to low, ad a humidifier to the room and it should go back close to normal.
2007-11-28 15:28:46 · answer #2 · answered by meyerhomeimp 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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I think someone will probably direct you to a technique to place some screws and dowel pins to hide the screws...or some new product... I just have not handled aything like that without taking out the ceiling below, so good luck!
2007-11-28 14:11:03 · answer #3 · answered by coyote59dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to stop it is to locate the beams that support the floor, and then put a screw through the floorboard into the beam. Repeat until the squeking stops. DO NOT USE SNAP-OFF screws. The problem with those is that you will never be able to take up the floorboards again without destroying the floor, and possibly damaging the beams. Use counter-sunk screws instead.
2016-04-06 02:50:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I installed Bamboo strained flooring on slab (concrete) applied padding. 4 months ago and now is separating and srinking
2015-01-28 02:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by Michael 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hopefully those arent new because it's a sign of shoddy work...if theyre old i wouldnt worry about it...the woods prolly just going through a time of expansion and contraction
2007-11-28 13:50:32 · answer #6 · answered by eaglesphan32 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋