Hi, I am having someone lay some herringbone engineered oak flooring from v4 (zb109). Its been layed over the last few days and its the first time I've taken a close look and I notice quite a few gaps between the blocks. I was expecting everything to fit very tight together. I'm concerned as this is for a kitchen diner and I'm worried water easily get in these gaps and ruin the flooring. Am I right to be concerned or is this normal?
Minor gaps are normal in any wood floor, boards are never all 100% square or exactly the same same length and width, this is within manufacturer tolerance, even if they were, wood will expand and contract throughout the year, so gaps will appear and close up in the process, it's nothing to worry about
Brilliant, thanks Paul. Is there anything I should do to protect from spills into the gaps when the floor is down. I guess I'm worried about black staining like ive seen around sinks on wooden kitchen worktops but maybe the floor isn't exposed to that level of moisture. I see on the spec sheet V4 suggest "Wood’s Good Natural Floor Care Refresher" which has wax in it, I guess might help?
The main thing with any wood floor is maintenance, use the refresher at least once a year and the appropriate cleaner on a regular basis, you will scratch it at some point, it's just one of those things,but so long as the floor still contains oil,the scratch will still repel liquid and dirt
I can’t see the pictures but hairline gaps are unavoidable in herringbone. As already mentioned you will need to keep up the maintenance to keep the wood protected Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
