no expansion gap in hardwood floors
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Hardwood floor installation- acceptable gaps
Comments (3)Gaps on hte ends of planks are poor workmanship since the chang ein length is small enough to be insignificant with moisture changes. Gaps between boards on their length could be poor installation, poor milling, or even poor drying. If the wood is dryer than it should be gaps may be needed to allow for the expansion that WILL occur. If the wood is wetter it can be installed tighter since it WILL shrink as it dries. Chapter 3 of the 'Wood Handbook' covers moisture-size variation for wood. Here is a link that might be useful: Wood Handbook, Chapter 3...See Moregaps in hardwood floor
Comments (22)There are a lot of reasons why there are excessive gaps in a hardwood installation. A good way for you to check if your floor has excessive gapping is to look at some of the other hardwood floors in your neighborhood and see how much gappingis in their floors. Some questions would be; what kind of subfloor do you have; what kind of vapor barrier was used; was the floor installed running across the joists and not with them; and what was the finish used? Also, I don't recall how stable Brazilian cherry is but that would have a bearing. Some examples. The floor in my house is quarteer sawn 4, 6, and 8" planks glued togather from 1 1/2" glued up boards to make the planks which are then beveled and decorated with pegs. There are no readily visible gaps. I just refinished my sons red oak hardwood floors installed in the late 1940's when the house built. Some areas of small gaps, not readily noticible, but as a whole no gaps. A job I did was for a friend so I get to look at it over a long period of time. That was about two years ago and no gaps that are apparent without getting down on your hands and knees. As I explained, check out your neighbors and see how their floors look. I have seen some of this Brazilian cherry installed in new homes recently and I didn't notice all of this gapping, Some gapping is inevitable but if it jumps out at you, you might have some installation issues....See MoreGaps in newly installed engineered hardwood floor
Comments (40)Hello to everybody still following along with this! We finally did get the inspection report back - it was a very through, detailed report. To make a long story short, the inspector found issues with everything: installation of the floors/railings/balusters, staining, the flooring product itself, etc. He addressed every concern that we had, and even found additional issues. I shared the inspection report with the flooring company who installed the floors and stairs, and they have agreed to remove and replace everything. Once we gave them the inspection report, the flooring company has been really great about wanting to make everything right, and making sure that we get a really nice floor/staircase/railing system. They assured us that not a single person who worked on our project initially will be working on it this time. In fact, all of the people who originally worked on our project were either let go, or left the company on their own. Since there were also so many issues with the flooring product and the gray color, we actually decided to go with a completely different brand, color, and species of wood. Our next step is to decide on a schedule for the work - so I'm sure it'll be a while until everything is completed. Thank you to everybody who commented on this thread with your ideas, suggestions, and comments!!!...See MoreWhat to do with hardwood floor expansion gap when installing furniture
Comments (3)and save the baseboards if the system is meant to be removable, so you can replace them down the road before you sell without breaking a sweat....See Morethreeberries
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