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Posted by on October 11, 2006, 11:38 pm
hi,
i have standard hardwood floors and "quarter round" "molding". the
house is from 1946 and their are some gaps under the quarter round that
let ants come into our house. i am wondering, if i take all the quarter
round out, is there some type of foam or other product i can use to
fill in the gap from the edge of the wood floors to the wall. then i
could reinstall the quarter round, and even if it wasn't installed
perfectly, ants couldn't come up into the house anymore.
ideas? is there some standard way to do this "filling"?
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Posted by Tony Hwang on October 12, 2006, 12:03 am
christophergraber@gmail.com wrote:
> hi,
>
> i have standard hardwood floors and "quarter round" "molding". the
> house is from 1946 and their are some gaps under the quarter round that
> let ants come into our house. i am wondering, if i take all the quarter
> round out, is there some type of foam or other product i can use to
> fill in the gap from the edge of the wood floors to the wall. then i
> could reinstall the quarter round, and even if it wasn't installed
> perfectly, ants couldn't come up into the house anymore.
>
> ideas? is there some standard way to do this "filling"?
>
Hi,
The gap is there for a purpose. Wood shrinks/expands somewhat
seasonally. Or you may fill the gap since wood may have dried up
real good.
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Posted by Malcolm Hoar on October 12, 2006, 12:06 am
christophergraber@gmail.com wrote:
>hi,
>
>i have standard hardwood floors and "quarter round" "molding". the
>house is from 1946 and their are some gaps under the quarter round that
>let ants come into our house. i am wondering, if i take all the quarter
>round out, is there some type of foam or other product i can use to
>fill in the gap from the edge of the wood floors to the wall. then i
>could reinstall the quarter round, and even if it wasn't installed
>perfectly, ants couldn't come up into the house anymore.
1. That's a lot of work.
2. Unless you're *very* careful, lifted and replaced quarter
round will not look too great.
3. The "foam" or whatever may interfere with the expansion
and contraction of your (apparently) "floating" floor.
4. It won't stop the ants. If there's one tiny hole, in the
foam or elsewhere, they will find it! They always do!
In my experience, you will need to use chemicals to control
the ants. If, like me, you don't want to use chemicals inside
the house, use them outside and spray/dust/whatever around the
perimeter of the building.
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Posted by m Ransley on October 12, 2006, 8:48 am
The gap lets the floor expand and keeps your floor from buckling up when
it gets very humid in summer. I junked a rooms parquet because the idiot
who installed it left no gap for it to expand, it would buckle up 3" in
the middle in summer. Poison your ants.
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on October 12, 2006, 6:17 am
> hi,
>
> i have standard hardwood floors and "quarter round" "molding". the
> house is from 1946 and their are some gaps under the quarter round that
> let ants come into our house. i am wondering, if i take all the quarter
> round out, is there some type of foam or other product i can use to
> fill in the gap from the edge of the wood floors to the wall. then i
> could reinstall the quarter round, and even if it wasn't installed
> perfectly, ants couldn't come up into the house anymore.
>
> ideas? is there some standard way to do this "filling"?
>
Leave it alone. You have to stop the ants before they get to the flooring.
Work around the outside of the house to prevent entry. If you fill the holes
in the flooring, the ants will only find another path. Do a Google search on
insecticides and extermination.
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