We had a beautiful maple floor installed in july of this year.
Floor wood has gaps between tiles.
These most often take the form of small heavy rectangular blocks.
However as the flooring has acclimated to the very dry conditions that the coach is stored in phoenician dryness and soon heat too each piece has shrunk revealing very thin gaps between each floor board throughout the installation.
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Traditionally vinyl tiles are manufactured in such a way that when they are installed they are tight and square to each other with no gaps in.
A single transition strip that acts as a ramp from the lower hardwood floor to the higher tile floor.
This strip can either meet the tile floor directly or can have a lip over style.
A marble or granite strip that abuts to the tile floor this strip then adjoins to the lower floor.
We are in the house 4 months and noticed wide gaps between the planks.
Is this an installation problem or refinishing problem.
Below are summaries of questions we ve fielded over the years.
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Engineered hardwood flooring is designed to minimize gaps due to expansion and contraction of the wood.
Questions from our readers.
We bought a new house that has hardwood flooring in the foyer and kitchen.
Gapping in engineered hardwood can be due to many factors including but not limited to the material s manufacturing changes in humidity and the type and quality of the installation.
Yes it can still have gaps.
How to fill gaps between vinyl floor tiles.
The most common wood species we hear complaints about with gapping and cracks is maple.
These days many companies sell special devices designed to make it easier to close small gaps in hardwood and laminate flooring.
But to answer a common question.
Lord knows we have.
If you have laminate or engineered flooring there s a good chance you ve seen gaps develop between some of your planks.