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Bulging Laminate Floorboards

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  • 17-10-2007 10:17am
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    theram
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭


    Help needed.

    Put down laminate floorboards months ago in new apartment and recently they have started to bulge right at the entrance to the living room. Is there anyway I can fix this easily without pulling up the section of board? It never got wet apart from washing the floor, all I can think of is the storage heater is beside it and may have warped them, but I cant see how?


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    coxy123
    Registered Users Posts: 433 ✭✭coxy123


    Did you leave an expansion gap at the edges and depending on the floor type did you need to use any underlay insulation? It's unusual for this to happen once the guidelines are used.


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    theram
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭theram


    Hmmm, left gaps but do think that may be the problem, perhaps didnt leave wide enough gaps. Any solutions?


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    10-10-20
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    Can you chisel off the required material to open the gap?


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    theram
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭theram


    10-10-20 wrote: »
    Can you chisel off the required material to open the gap?



    Not sure what you mean by this? I can lift up the border at the skirting board?


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    10-10-20
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    What I mean is that, can you can find out where the flooring is touching off the wall or threshold, can you use a chisel to remove a milimeter or two and lessen the pressure?


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    theram
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭theram


    Yea that was the way I was going to go at it, but I have a feeling the bulge has damaged the floorboards too much at this stage. Am going to try that but have a feeling I have have to replace one or two of the boards.


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    Benjy
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    I had this problem about 8 weeks ago when I got the en-suite floor tiled and the laminate floor in the bedroom bulged. Obviously the moisture from the tiling was the cause as the floor had been down for about 6 months without any problem. I had to take off a piece of skirting and chisel out the section of laminate where it had expanded against the concrete wall. I left the skirting off for 2 - 3 weeks before re-fixing it in case I needed to take off more of the floor.

    Anyway, after about 3 or 4 days, the bulge in the laminate had disappeared totally and now everything is ok.


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    theram
    Closed Accounts Posts: 60 ✭✭theram


    Right, chisel seems to be my answer, thats my Saturday morning sorted anyway, cheers lads.


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    10-10-20
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    Quality chisel time, sponsored by boards.ie!


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