We have recently had installed a high quality (German) engineered wooden floor throughout our apartment. This floor remains firmly in place throughout, but it has rippled against one small stretch of wall only, the waves being parallel to the wall and against the grain of the wood. The rippling is visible and tangible, with each wave a couple of millimetres deep and three or four centimetres apart. The rippled area extends about 80cm into the room away from the wall. At the edge of every wall but this one is a cork-filled gap for expansion. There is no expansion gap along this wall. Also, where the problem, is our builders have built a wood and plasterboard wall on top of the engineered wood. This wall appears to have moved, as if pushed by the waves. On the other side of this wall is a laundry cupboard where a washing machine has leaked. However, the leak was not profuse and we caught it quickly. The floor showed no signs of damp once we had cleaned up. We have also underfloor heating. Our builder blames the washing machine. The wooden floor manufacturer thinks it's the wall on top. The architect isn't saying. Any experts out there?
Cause of a rippled engineered wood floor?
- Thread starter mh1964
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Why on earth would anyone fill an expansion gap with cork???? It reduces the area any wood floor can expand to and has absolutely no use what so ever!
That's the most likely item to cause these problems - the small leak might be contributing to this too.
That's the most likely item to cause these problems - the small leak might be contributing to this too.
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