Expansion gap in timber floor

**greygoose** · 26th January 2013, 11:16 PM

I have a client with a very expensive well layed hardwood timber floor. The tradesmen who installed the floor have left an expansion joint approx 10mm wide that runs from the front to the back of the house at the point where the entance hall meets the living area. The expansion joint is obviously the depth of the timber, it is noticeable and a dust/ debris trap. Is there a product that can be used to fill the expansion joint that will cope with being in a high traffic area without bulgeing?

Cheers

**dr4g0nfly** · 27th January 2013, 06:45 AM

We would use a cork strip in teh expansion gap, but normally hide it under the skirting or other architrave.

**Elill** · 27th January 2013, 06:45 AM

They put cork in ours - you have to look hard to see it too (went in pre-finishing). We've got a red ironbark floor

**rwbuild** · 27th January 2013, 09:49 AM

Thread: Expansion gap in timber floor

Thread Tools

Search Thread

Expansion gap in timber floor

Similar Threads

Allowing for natural expansion/contraction of timber in table tops?

Timber expansion per meter - across the grain?

Timber expansion in Frame and Panel construction

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions