Putty fillers were once a mainstay of hardwood floor repair.
Fix gaps in wooden floors.
Apply filler liberally with either your fingers or a putty knife allowing for some overfill.
Water logged wood will first swell then shrink as it dries out.
Wood fillers are also not meant for use with large gaps.
The problem is magnified when the boards were not tightly laid in the first place.
3 steps to fix hardwood floor gaps.
Bear in mind though that you may need to do a.
Filling large gaps in old wood floors.
This leaves your floor looking even worse and requiring you to dig out the old putty and replace it.
Questions from our readers.
Another exacerbating condition is water damage.
The first step is to clean out any debris that may in between the gaps.
Why you should avoid putty fillers.
The most common wood species we hear complaints about with gapping and cracks is maple.
With older tongue and groove hardwood or even wide plank floors gaps inevitably develop between the boards mostly because the wood shrinks over time as it dries out and loses moisture content.
Below are summaries of questions we ve fielded over the years.
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We had a beautiful maple floor installed in july of this year.
Once the filler has dried you can sand and complete the filling process by stain where needed.