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Had a chat with the joiner yesterday. He thinks we should leave the the flooring for another 3weeks and see if the expansion gets any worse. Then, assuming it hasn't got any worse or it has reached a limit, remove the outer most boards and increase the expansion gaps to relieve the 'hump' in...

Thanks, Two ways that can resolve the water problem are to either dig a gravel drain to encourage the water to flow away or to install a sump pump and pump the water out when it gets to a certain level or at regular, say 3 month, intervals. The first option requires access to the subfloor...

Hi Guys We recently had installed 18mm think hardwood flooring to the downstairs. Now we've put the central heating on the flooring has started to rise in the front room only. The joiner has nailed the hardwood to the existing floorboards and allowed for a 12mm movement gap to the...