Hi
I had solid oak floors laid about 3 years ago. We have had problems with them buckling ever since. Can't revert to the builder who laid them as he is no longer in the country. There appears to be two problems. They are laid too tightly (no room to expand) and part of the floor is laid on a concrete floor (in the kitchen extension). The buckling started in the doorway between kitchen and dining room and is spreading in each direction (into kitchen and dining room). I have had a number of people come in to look at it and the general consensus seems to be that it needs to be pulled up. A builder who came in today said the same thing, said he would pull up part of the floor as it was laid too tightly and would then relay it. My husband thinks that this will be very difficult to do as the planks are tongue and groove and glued together. I'm in a quandary now. Do I risk wrecking the whole floor (it covers the entire ground floor) or do I wait? I think if I wait the floor will eventually pop. Any experts out there with any advice please? Thanks!
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hardwood flooring buckling
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padsi1975 · 25/11/2014 18:03
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