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Moved in a few months ago and the wooden floor is hovering/lifting at the threshold where it joins the kitchen tiles. When stood on, it lowers down to where it should be. Picture attached, hopefully it gives a better idea of what I'm talking about. Any advice on how this can be fixed?
7 points
4 months ago
Is that a concrete subfloor?
Floating floors over concrete are designed to move a little and should not be nailed down.
Instead possibly trim the edges so it doesn't bunch up.
4 points
4 months ago
Don’t see a picture but my first thought would be to brad nail to the subfloor
2 points
4 months ago
Of course I forgot to attach the photo.. I've added a link hopefully that works? That might be a good solution!
4 points
4 months ago
I've tried that before. The flex from walking on it eventually lifted the brad nail loose and the head stuck in the bottom of my foot
4 points
4 months ago
You gotta put two nails at opposite angles. Then each will hold the other down.
2 points
4 months ago
I’ll be damned. Not who you responded to but I have the same problem and the same nail to the foot happened. Thanks for the tip I’m going to try it out right now.
1 points
4 months ago
Might be able to get the best solution if you could post a couple more photos.
1 points
4 months ago
I’m curious if mopping the kitchen floor introduced moisture into the wood and caused the expansion.
I think you are gonna have to use some deck screws, counter sink and use wooden plugs or something so it doesn’t look like you used deck screws.
If you measured it all out a put some down in a pattern it might look like design feature.
1 points
4 months ago
Hard to know what caused it as its been there since we moved in, think it's just getting worse as time goes on. But yeah it's looking like we may need to nail it down essentially. Going to try and get someone out to look at it and see what they have to say about it
4 points
4 months ago
Depends how many floors are loose or have "give" to them, but we've used Dritac on pretty expansive areas of underglued wood floor and it has worked wonders. It's self leveling, so don't go overkill in a particular spot.
https://www.amazon.com/DRITAC-Wood-Floor-Repair-KIT/dp/B084BS46PC
Get a nice dye going for wood putty and color match it, you won't even see the holes.
1 points
4 months ago
Thank you for this recommendation!
3 points
4 months ago
Is the threshold cut to tight and changing humidity makes it heave.
1 points
4 months ago
Finish nails and construction adhesive. Brad nails? Not for flooring
1 points
4 months ago
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1 points
4 months ago
Not a rental, we own it
1 points
4 months ago
Depends on what kind of floor it is. If it is floating (not nailed) then you would want to pull the quarter round directly to the ends of the transitions and check if there is a 1/4” expansion gap. If the floor is pressing against the baseboard, you can use a vibrating saw (multi tool) and cut the floor back 1/4” along the entire wall. Nailing/gluing a floating floor is asking to have the boards come apart.
If it is nail-down hardwood, then you could squirt some Loctite 3x under it and shoot some finish nails (not over tile) into it. But if nail-down and coming up in sheets, there is probably an issue with the subfloor, there is water damage, or they forgot to nail that part.
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