Gaps in new hard wood flooring
Nirav Desai
6 years ago
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BIG gaps in new hardwood floor!
Comments (22)glenn, can you explain in detail a little more? Use to fill 1/8" gaps is acceptable? Are 1/8" gaps even acceptable? I have never seen a floor with big gaps like this. in one 10 x 10 area I have about 15 gaps that nickels, pennies, dimes and quarters fit in. I am sure that they will not fix it without a battle, and I can tell DH thinks we are stuck, but gee whiz, if you bought a new $30,000 car, and the dash board worked, but was crooked, and the windows worked, but didn't close all the way... you'd make them fix it. I really feel that they should have to fix this. I need to find my camera...See MoreNew engineered wood floor has gaps
Comments (1)Rarely any easy fixes can be done here unless you'll settle for some matching filler. Board replacements are possible if there aren't many involved. Without actually seeing it I would probably opt for filler because the installer may not be able to handle board replacements very easily....See MoreGaps in new wood floor
Comments (7)As HandyMac explains. Are these glued/nailed/stapled??? How wide are the planks? Grade #1 White Oak should have a better width control than what we are seeing here. Many of the planks are tight and look very good. Others look like the installer did NOT stop to correct for a wonky sized plank. He just kept on going. Those planks need to be removed (they will never fit) if you are paying for a Grade#1 install as well. This doesn't look like shrinkage. This looks like the installer didn't cull the wonky planks (wonky is allowed in up to 5% of planks...which is why you need at least 5% waste with solid hardwood). With solid hardwood, the installer has to be diligent in culling the wonky planks. They missed a few. Go ahead and use blue painters tape to highlight the issues - the one's you want corrected. See how bad/good the overall install is once all the blue tags are down. It gives a MUCH BETTER perspective. Otherwise, the other areas look very good....See MoreGaps on new hardwood floor! Please help!
Comments (12)And WHY is this 'nail only'? These are 5" HICKORY planks. A wide plank floor (anything 5" or wider) must have glue assist during install. And hickory has a little bit more movement than oak...which means it needs a bit more stability (ie. glue assist) when installed. The "American Spirit" brand is sold by Floor & Decor. Their installation instructions are...limited. Which means the installer has to have quite a bit of knowledge to know all these things. A guy with a hammer (or nail gun) will have little flooring knowledge. At the price of $5.29/sf (as listed for a store in WA state) the chances of milling issues could be quite high. I think we have several issues going on here. As Oak & Broad suggests, start by CULLING all the boards that are BAD (this is what you are paying your installer to do...but he's not doing it so it falls to you to go for it) and then find out your TOTAL square footage of bad boards. Figure out if they are MORE than 5% (industry standard allows 5% waste for bad wood). If your culled footage is MORE than 5% you have a claim worthy of the paper it is written on. And while you are culling your wood, have someone that is well versed in wide plank install come in and have a look at this install. I'm PRETTY sure you need glue assist on this one. A 5" solid hickory plank (3/4" thick) for LESS than $6/sf is going to need some help. And please tell me that it was acclimated for several days/weeks. And please tell me your installer took moisture readings from random planks equal to 10% of the wood delivered to your home. And please tell me the boxes were opened and stacked PROPERLY while acclimating. And good luck with Floor & Decor. It's my understanding they take quite a bit of time to get moving if there is a claim that they have to deal with. The sooner the better is what I've heard....See MoreUptown Floors
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