Hi,
I laid a Real Wood Solid Oak Floor about 6 months ago. The Floor was glued down and I left an expansion slot around the sides. The floor was laid onto Chipboard "floor boards" which appeared to be flat.
Unfortunately I never put any underlay underneath it and I'm now getting gaps appearing between the strips at random areas.
Can this be fixed by lifting it again and putting underlay underneath it ? Will this solve the Gaps appearing again or is it best to Nail it down next time ? In my last house I nailed down the real wood floor (using tool hired from HSS) and never had any problems with it - although I did use an underlay the last time as the Floor was not so flat.
Any help would be appreciated to recover this bad situation....
Thanks
A.
I laid a Real Wood Solid Oak Floor about 6 months ago. The Floor was glued down and I left an expansion slot around the sides. The floor was laid onto Chipboard "floor boards" which appeared to be flat.
Unfortunately I never put any underlay underneath it and I'm now getting gaps appearing between the strips at random areas.
Can this be fixed by lifting it again and putting underlay underneath it ? Will this solve the Gaps appearing again or is it best to Nail it down next time ? In my last house I nailed down the real wood floor (using tool hired from HSS) and never had any problems with it - although I did use an underlay the last time as the Floor was not so flat.
Any help would be appreciated to recover this bad situation....
Thanks
A.