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I've got some quite large gaps between my original Victorian floorboards. How can i fill these as there's a huge draft coming through them?
Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 2.46 PM
We've filled the larger gaps with strips of pine but there are lots which are about 40-59mm. We're about to have a new carpet laid over the top so it doesn't need to look pretty but the old one wore where the gaps were. We can't put hardboard over the top as the gaps are only in one part of the room, it'd be a huge job to do the entire room and we'd get ridges if we only did some.
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Anonymous user
Best option would be to fill the gaps with strips of reclaimed pine. Then you would need to sand an seal the floor.
There are mastic fillers available on the market but they shrink with time and open up.
Answered17 January 2012
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Anonymous user
Sawdust (to match your floorboards,pine oak etc.....)mixed with waterproof PVA glue.
You only need a little bit of glue just enough to bind the dust together.
Works a treat.
Mix it to a thick paste,then get an old credit card and apply it in gaps.....scrape off excess.
Quick sand down when dry(if needed).
Nip down to your local joiners for your sawdust.
dwpcutler.............it was a carpenter/joiner friend of mine (a trading standards approved one by the way) who told me this tip,he's been doing this method for 20 years and never had a problem.......not bad for a 'quick fix idea that won't last'.............maybe you should try it ;)
UPDATE:
Gaps almost 60mm wide????????!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's not a gap that's a missing floorboard! ;)
In that case then you will need timber to fill those,i class a gap in floorboards around 5mm :/
Answered22 January 2012
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Anonymous user
the option of glue and sawdust is not good i agree with dwp
Answered24 January 2012
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Anonymous user
Starlets comment is the right way to go. Do it properly now and its never a problem again. Too many quick fix ideas around now that wont last !
Answered19 January 2012
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Anonymous user
Do not use pva!!!!!
Answered15 February 2012
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