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Gaps in tongue and groove

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.45 PM

Hi there, I had my loft boarded out and updated for storage over a year ago and had tongue and groove softwood installed across the entire length of the house. It is a victorian mid-terrace built around 1890 apparently. Over the course of the year I have noticed that a few gaps have appeared in between some of the floorboards and I was wondering how best to deal with them. Would it be feasible to just use some sort of flexible wood filler? Some of the gaps are maybe up to half a cm wide, so this may not be enough. I'm also worried about having to constantly refill any gaps that reappear as because in an old house there might be further movement over the years. I was advised that the floor cannot simply be brought up and moved as it goes across the whole length of the house and would mean lifting them all up which isn't feasible as there are now extra walls at either side for storage. Any help and advice on what is best to do would be great. Thanks

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With the Tongue and groove laminates and flooring, they need to be installed with a gap to allow for movement or expansion, it my be that the boards have moved into that expansion gap a solution that could work, if you put wood glue into the gap and kick the board in to close the gap it should move in then clean the Access glue and allow to set if kicking doesn't work double sided tape and an off cut flat on top then tap the gap closed with a hammer, hope this helps

Answered8 February 2022

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T&G boards can shrink if unseasoned timber. You can check shrinkage easily by measuring. Any shrunken ones need taking up and replacing or realigning. This is a fairly easy job and any next to a new wall can be cut out with a multi-tool. Filling cracks between them won't last and is unsightly. Always best to do a professional job.

Answered12 February 2022

Anonymous user

You should get your floors sanded. Sand the old lacquer/dirt of the floor and then with a medium grit sand paper sand the floor again and collect the dust and mix it with resin (lacol) and fill all the gaps. Floor resin is good because its tongue and grove and the resin will have support from the tongue and grove and will not full through unlike normal floor boards.

Answered15 February 2022

Anonymous user

Hi it vlado handyman. This is lot solution. Technology going to rapidly forward. Please go find special rubber T type . Some have self adhesive. But I recommend without adhesive. Why? Leaved floorboard space expanding or shrink depends temperature. Because this country it constantly damp wood always make move . Any questions with my Answers contact my. Why? My English writing and pronunciation not very correct. Deap apologies.

Answered15 February 2022