We had solid oak floors laid in the living room 5 months ago, and just over the weekend noticed some serious expansion problems. On Saturday we realised the floor had risen up in front of the fireplace area, but not around the edges of the room across those same planks iykwim. This was the first time we had noticed it, and we use that room every evening. By Sunday it had risen even more, and then last night when i came home from work, the wood had expanded so much in one day that it had litterally burst up - at least 6 planks, 5 inch wide each, have bursted up completely in a hump, with a split between the timbers on the top of the hump.
Anyone any advice on what to do, short of taking off all the skirting boards and removing a plank or part of one?
Any ideas why this happened so suddenly when we hadn't had any problems over the past 5 months, then all the expansion seemed to have occured over the space of a few days?
We haven't had the heating on anywhere in the house over the past 3 months, and haven't been lighting a fire in that room either, just wondering if we turned the heating on for a few days would it help?
Any practical advice appreciated.
Anyone any advice on what to do, short of taking off all the skirting boards and removing a plank or part of one?
Any ideas why this happened so suddenly when we hadn't had any problems over the past 5 months, then all the expansion seemed to have occured over the space of a few days?
We haven't had the heating on anywhere in the house over the past 3 months, and haven't been lighting a fire in that room either, just wondering if we turned the heating on for a few days would it help?
Any practical advice appreciated.