So we had our house renovated about 4 years ago and had the lounge extended and knocked through into the kitchen, engineered wood floor laid over a new wet underfloor heating system. Fairly recently (my wife noticed it first) perhaps a year ago we noticed a gap opening in the floorboards - perhaps 5 mm The flooring runs under the island. I've noticed the floor is slightly warmer on the kitchen side, than in the rest of the room and I suspect its this temperature difference (especially in the winter) which has made the wood shrink/expand and created this gap. So, any advice? I thought perhaps dampen the floor as perhaps its too dry, or introduce an air humidifier? Or just fill it? In the summer we have large roof lanterns above so then its quite warm ( we live in the South of England) and so we don't have the floor running then
Does that gap close in the summer? Yes you can try to get moisture back into the floor but most importantly the floor surface should not be over 27 degrees. Also if it’s a large area and it’s floated this could be a weak point that’s opened up? Is it on underlay or stuck to the floor? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Not sure about it closing in the summer, I've really only just noticed it over the winter so possibly. Its not stuck to the floor, and it is over a large area and this probably a weak point, I tested the temperature and their is a temperature difference, most of the floor on one side of the gap is around 24 - 25 deg, but the floor on the other side is consistently warmer - 26.6- 26.8 deg - but not over 27 deg that I could find
Yes the floor goes all the way under the units and the island, the kitchen is resting on the floor. But the heating does not run under the island or the units
Not good. Just looked at a floated engineered floor that’s gapping and has a large kitchen placed on top Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It was installed by a floor layer, but I also checked the temperature aghain last night and it was 28.6 deg around the kitchen island, but still around 24.5deg in the rest of the room
The kitchen is an anchor point, the flooring is supposed to be installed around it not under it’s pretty likely that’s the issue. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Hmm, I think there are a few things here which are not easily fixable, luckily its not really in your eye line so I was wondering can I conceal with with some matching filler? - if so can you suggest what stuff I use? Is that a viable option the floor/kitchen is perhaps 4 years old
Don't fill it with anything, wait until the seasonal adjustments take place when the gaps should close.
Thanks, that's sort of what I has hoping thinking. What about moisture? would a humidifier help close that gap a little do you think?
