What is the reason for the gap in the wood floor? How to deal with it? How to prevent it?

For the wooden floor installed in the family, everyone will find that with the increase of service life, there is a gap between the wooden floor and the wooden floor. This is a very common situation. If the gap is serious, the wooden floor at home will rise or even crack. These are caused by incorrect installation of wood flooring. If there is a gap in the wood floor of our home, how should we deal with it? The following questions are taken as an example to answer the problem of wood floor gap treatment.

The gap between the floor, how to deal?

How to deal with the gap between the floors? This question is about the solid wood flooring in our home. After a period of time, we found that there was a gap in the part of the wood floor. Before answering this question, we must first understand how the gap between the wooden floors appears, and then we will formulate the corresponding treatment method according to the reason why it appears. Therefore, the following household miscellaneous altar also follows this procedure to answer the problem of wood floor gap.

(I): How does the gap between the wooden floors appear?

The wood floor itself is made of wood, then a certain proportion of glue is added, and finally made. No matter what we see is solid wood floor, solid wood composite floor, floor or laminate floor, etc., they all have a certain ability of thermal expansion and contraction, and this is the degree of thermal expansion and contraction is still relatively large. Therefore, when the wood floor is affected by the following conditions, there is expansion and expansion, which finally leads to the emergence of gaps. Therefore, there are three main reasons for the emergence of gaps between wooden floors.

①: summer and autumn special dry season, wood floor water evaporation after the emergence of shrinkage. Because after the wood floor is paved, it has a certain moisture content, so that under the normal moisture content, the wood floor will not appear any change. However, if the summer season is especially dry, the moisture in the wood floor may evaporate, and the wood floor will shrink after the moisture evaporates. This is the most common type of wood floor shrinkage.

②: the wood floor is affected by the temperature of the shrinkage. Here is our common wood floor thermal expansion and contraction. That is to say, if there is floor heating under the wooden floor in our home, there will be expansion under the influence of floor heating. That is to say, the heating of the ground heating, the wood floor may appear a certain amount of expansion. However, after the floor heating is stopped, the temperature of the wooden floor will drop. In this process, the wooden floor will shrink, and the shrinkage will be even greater due to the evaporation of water during the heating process. So in the end there was a gap between our wooden floors.

③: the reasons for the installation of wood floors caused by the emergence of gaps. For wood floor installation, there are strict requirements. The regular is to use the wood floor between the tenon structure, a piece of assembly. But many times for the sake of things, but this kind of wood tenon structure does not work, it is equivalent to the assembly of two boards. After the board is assembled, because there is no pulling force between them, separation occurs under the influence of external force on the ground. This is also a relatively common reason for the emergence of gaps between wooden floors.

(II): wood floor gap, how to deal?

For the wooden floor in the home, we do not rush to replace the wooden floor. Because there are many times is a very normal phenomenon. We have to learn a way to recover. That is to say, after the occurrence of cracks in the wood floor, effective methods can be taken to restore it, because this is the normal thermal expansion and contraction of the wood floor. If it is an installation problem, take the corresponding method. For this reason, for the cracks in the wood floor, I will recommend the following treatment methods.

①: Use the wooden floor board pull-back hook to restore the wooden floor directly. What is the wooden floor back force hook? It is the card we use when installing the wooden floor. We stuck the card to the end of the wooden floor and then gently tapped it with a wooden hammer, thus restoring the wooden floor to its original position. Therefore, when there is a gap in the wood floor in our home, I also suggest that we buy a pull-back hook and then use the pull-back hook to restore the wood floor with the gap.

②: Sealant shall be applied between wooden floors. If we find that it is difficult to recover after a gap in our wood floor, or we will not recover, then take another simple method to deal with it. That is, we have to put the sealant directly into the gap between the wooden floors. This is the simplest method of treatment, but also dust and dirt. If we can't make sealant, I suggest that we find the construction personnel of the beautiful seam to make beautiful seam for our seam. Because the sealant and the United States are flexible materials, is to meet the thermal expansion and contraction. Therefore, it is completely possible for us to use this material to deal with these gaps.

How to prevent the appearance of wood floor gap?

If we want to effectively prevent the occurrence of cracks in the wood floor, we must control the material and installation method of the wood floor. Because the material is not qualified, this kind of cold shrinkage will occur, and the installation method is not correct, the wooden floor will shift. So individuals to recommend the following prevention recommendations.

①: The moisture content of the floor we purchased must meet the requirements. That is to say, the wood floor we buy must be naturally air-dried, especially in the wet season, it is not recommended to install the wood floor, which is easy to be affected with moisture and expansion. When we buy wood floors, we must buy some good quality, so as to avoid the appearance of wood floor gaps.

②: The installation of the wooden floor must be installed in accordance with the regulations. That is to say, the wood floor in our home must be installed according to the requirements of the wood floor itself, and each piece of wood floor must be assembled together strictly with its own wood tenon structure. That is, when the installation, you will see the workers with a rubber hammer, and then a special installation card, each piece of plate together. It is not allowed to push it directly by hand, so it will be easy to loosen in the later period.

③: between the wood floor and the wall to leave the corresponding amount of expansion. Because the wood floor itself is affected by thermal expansion and contraction is still relatively large, so we must leave a reasonable space for the wood floor. Therefore, when we install, we should not directly push the wooden floor to the wall, but should leave a certain gap on the wall. Later, we can make sealant or special boundary strips to hide it.

Concluding remarks

Regarding the cracks in the floor of the home, we can take a simple method to deal with them, that is, using the wooden floor installation tool to restore the wooden floor. If it will not be restored, it will be treated with glue. In addition, we must pay attention to the installation of wood flooring in our home, to choose qualified wood flooring, do not choose cheap wood flooring. Because of poor quality wood floors almost always sew up. In addition, the installation of wood floors should be installed according to the requirements of the product. It is not allowed to assemble directly, and the corresponding gap should be left with the wall surface.