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Posted by Jesse on May 31, 2006, 3:54 pm
wrote:
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>Lisaw wrote:
>> We installed laminate flooring in our home in March. Just last week I
>> noticed that it has started to pop up right outside our bedroom door.
>> It is one continuous floor from the living room through our bedroom.
>> When I step on it it flattens, then pops up again when I step off. My
>> feeling is that it has expanded and we didn't leave enough room on the
>> edges (we did use spacers). Any thoughts on this? I really don't want
>> to rip the whole thing up but don't want it to get worse either.
>
When you say that you used spacers---- I hope you didn't leave them
in???? jesse
>It is one continuous floor with a narrower section where it crosses the
>doorway. The gaps are supposed to be around the entire perimeter of
>the room. I'd hazard a guess that you didn't leave a gap at the
>doorway. In other words, there is no expansion space right at the
>doorway.
>
>The only way to make a lasting repair is to cut the flooring at the
>doorway and install a threshhold/saddle strip to cover the gap at the
>door. You need expansion space on both sides for both rooms, so the
>saddle should not be nailed to either floor. Typically a narrow strip
>of flooring/blocking is in the center of the gap at the doorway leaving
>expansion space on both sides of the blocking - the saddle is only
>nailed to the blocking.
>
>R
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