Below are summaries of questions we ve fielded over the years.
Fix gaps in wooden floors.
Once the filler has dried you can sand and complete the filling process by stain where needed.
The first step is to clean out any debris that may in between the gaps.
With older tongue and groove hardwood or even wide plank floors gaps inevitably develop between the boards mostly because the wood shrinks over time as it dries out and loses moisture content.
Wood fillers are also not meant for use with large gaps.
Why you should avoid putty fillers.
Questions from our readers.
Winter in chicago.
This leaves your floor looking even worse and requiring you to dig out the old putty and replace it.
We had a beautiful maple floor installed in july of this year.
The most common wood species we hear complaints about with gapping and cracks is maple.
There are many different ways to go about correcting this type of issue but we will dive into the most common.
Apply filler liberally with either your fingers or a putty knife allowing for some overfill.
If you cannot fix the problem by installing a humidifier you may need to take more drastic action when it comes to filling wide gaps.
Bear in mind though that you may need to do a.
Over time however the putty hardens chips and flakes.
Water logged wood will first swell then shrink as it dries out.
Filling large gaps in old wood floors.
The problem is magnified when the boards were not tightly laid in the first place.