Hello Colette, Welcome to the site. Best to get an on site survey/quotation done, this is a free service to you and you will get 3 quotes. Simply post your job onto rated people's site. You are not obliged to go with any of the quotes- but every job that's posted is paid for by the relevant tradesmen .if they contact you that means they are interested in your job. If one of them are awarded the job then great news for you both. ratedpeople.com Regards Michael
i too agree with answer,but also can because by damp floor underneath your timber flooring thanks kevin
Hi Colette Sounds like no expansion joint on the ends of your new flooring.. Kind Regards Barry
Hello Colette, as is consistent with all the other answers you have had, a solid wood floor needs to have been fitted correctly ie: have had time to acclimatise in house prior to fitting, that all wet trades have been finished and allowed to dry fully, that an expansion gap of at least 12mm was left around the perimeter and that the floor was fitted either secret nailed to timber sub floor or stuck down to a concrete sub floor with a self adhesive underlay, which both ways allow the floor to expand and contract naturally. What you must not do, is to clean the floor with a wet mop or allow spillages to be left to penetrate as this will cause the floor to expand and in your case lift up. If your floor has been secret nailed, the problem can be rectified quite easily, but not quite so easy if stuck down.
Hi Collete 100% agree with all the answers-questions for you Colette. If you understand all of the additional questions that give detailed information, please. If not - we will take your problem to our professionals, they are always happy to help you. Regards Sergejs
Hi Colette, Looks like you are missing expansion gaps, 10 to 12mm on yhe edges where floor meets wall or skirting board.
Hello Collette, thank you for your enquiry, it would be helpful to know a little more about your installation in order to answer your question fully. Firstly solid wood flooring should not be confused with an Engineered product (species top layer with ply carrier underneath) as these will perform differently. If your floor is solid species wood throughout is should be either glued to the sub-floor in the case of concrete or nailed for wood,solid wood should not be layed "floating" (glued together) All timber products will expand and contract with changes in temperature and humidity and sufficient expansion gap should be allowed for around the perimeter of the installation and any fixed points, pillars, radiator pipes etc, this is normally the main cause of "bridging" or lifting of the floor, the other cause is moisture from either a damp sub-floor or a leaking underfloor service. My advice would be to contact the installer and ask them to return and survey the floor, they should then be able to determine the cause of the issue and advise you accordingly.
hi collette was the flooring timber or laminate? if timber was it fully dried? was the correct under flooring installed before commencement? there needs to be a gap of approx. 12mm around all edges to allow for expansion, was this done?
Hi, What sort of flooring was it? What is the sub floor? What room is it? How was it stuck to the floor nail/glue? What was the moisture content of the wood before laying? How dry was subfloor? Skirtings on/off?
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