Hi
We have recently had an extension built and had engineered brushed and oiled oak flooring laid down by our builders. Part of it is over the existing rooms flooring boards and the new extension part is on concrete.
We told the builders that engineered flooring can't be laid down till the concrete is fully dry (can take a month) but they said it would be fine as they put some kind of sealant over it before laying down the high performance underlay.
We have now had the flooring start to bow and raise in places. We asked if they put in sufficient expansion space for movement under the skirting which they said they did.
We assume its bowed because either the concrete is not fully dry or because it doesn't have sufficient expansion gaps. We are getting the builder back our to look at.
My question is, what is the best way to solve the problem? Does the whole floor need to come up or can they fix the bits that are raised? We have about 4 packs of flooring left, so could use those to replace some boards if needed.
Cheers
We have recently had an extension built and had engineered brushed and oiled oak flooring laid down by our builders. Part of it is over the existing rooms flooring boards and the new extension part is on concrete.
We told the builders that engineered flooring can't be laid down till the concrete is fully dry (can take a month) but they said it would be fine as they put some kind of sealant over it before laying down the high performance underlay.
We have now had the flooring start to bow and raise in places. We asked if they put in sufficient expansion space for movement under the skirting which they said they did.
We assume its bowed because either the concrete is not fully dry or because it doesn't have sufficient expansion gaps. We are getting the builder back our to look at.
My question is, what is the best way to solve the problem? Does the whole floor need to come up or can they fix the bits that are raised? We have about 4 packs of flooring left, so could use those to replace some boards if needed.
Cheers