HUGE spaces: gaps in between brand new wood floors!
sasha S
4 years ago
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Comments (5)Thank you! Is the Minwax sealer the same as their pre-stain conditioner? (I thought I remembered seeing an actual sealer in their product line in the past, but don't see it listed now.) Our local hardware store directed me to Minwax Polycrylic as the only sealer they stock that they would try on a floor, but I'm not so sure about that (I've used it in the past for furniture but Minwax advises against it for floors). Otherwise, most of what they carry that's floor-specific are the Bona consumer products--we used the Bona hardwood floor cleaner for a while before realizing it was only for polyurethane-finished floors (which I'm sure did wonders for our water-based finish...) and I presume the same is true of their sealants/finishers/etc. I see that Bona does list some waterborne finishes on their website, so I imagine the store could order these, if one of them would be a good fit (Indoor Wood Oil, Bona Traffic, a few others) but none are stocked. Another local store recommends Vermont Natural Coatings or AFM Safecoat, though I know nothing about either. We also have a Woodcraft that's a bit of a hike, but is a good source for the harder-to-find products like the General Finishes line, so I can head out there if there's something that might be a good fit there, too....See Moreacceptable gap size in new wood floor
Comments (15)No! All boards should be milled correctly and by saying that we are not necessarily talking about the "straightness" of the board. Many boards are likely to have a curve in them that gets straightened out during installation with a floor nailer.The milling issues wood be in the planing and routing of the board and would include things like chattering of the surface and tongues and grooves inconsistently cut. There will always be some culled boards but any reputable manufacture will have consistent milling of all size boards...See MoreGaps in new engineered wood floors
Comments (15)Joseph C. your reponse did give me a chuckle. However i fully understand this is not a space shuttle - precisely why i wanted to understand what is acceptable and what is not :) Thanks Cinar, Johnson, and SJ Mccarthy for objective answers. SJ again love your detailed answer. This is our first wood floor and my expectations were based on a roughly 300-400 sq ft of anderson engineered wood floor we ripped out in one area to put in this new one. That floor had zero gaps over 6-7 years and i could not put in a paper if i wanted to. I was thinking if one installer did it, other can too. SJ Mccarthy addresses that accurately. It was a not a distressed floor and had a flat finish and that could be the difference. I have seen distressed wood floors in large houses in last 2 weeks and they have zero gaps too. Perhaps they have filler put in which makes sense now based on all your responses. To give you guys better perspective, in 1100Sq ft of new install there were many areas with the gaps. Of course pictures i posted earlier were meant to be examples of smaller gaps only and not all problem areas. I noticed all of these gaps within 48 hours of install. My contractor says these gaps could not have appeared afterwards and would be from right during install as weather has not changed much and glue down wont let wood move so much so quickly. I was trying to get your opinion on whether replacement is worth it and I have my answer now. I think i have my answer now. Thanks all for input. Very helpful. So you folks have some perspective, there are some areas that are visible standing up and in right lighting. These are the ones the contractor said are install problem and should be fixed. and based on all of your inputs, I think i can have a better and practical discussion with him. Just for fun here is a picture I had put together for my contractor to review the work. There are about 8-10 credit cards....See Morewood flooring gaps
Comments (14)If you handed the cheque to the floor guy, you are responsible for his work. Even if the contractor found him, you paid him. That means you are his DIRECT supervisor/project manager. To keep yourself in the clear, you need to pay the GC...and then the GC pays out the subs. That is the CLEAR PATH. The path you took meant the GC has NO NEED to do anything further. His hands are clean. The person who PAYS THE SUBS is responsible for their work...regardless of who "found" whom. There is a REASON why your "GC" (sorry but he isn't a GC if he didn't pay the subs) did this. It absolved him of any/all FINANCIAL liability. Sigh. I'm sorry but you've been caught out in a legal 'no man's land' on this one. No contract and NO GC to payout the subs = you became financially responsible for the subs...and their work....See Moresasha S
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