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Gaps in floorboards

Belinda X
last year

Hi, when we got our 50s hardwood floorboards polished the guys only filled in some gaps buy left others (as seen in pics). Their reason was that the gaps that were left were a few millimetres too wide and that the filler would eventually crack. Is this true? Anyway the gaps really annoy me. Is there any other way they can be filled?

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  • bigreader
    last year

    I also 50s floorboards (second house I’ve had with them). The filler used for the nailheads will crack if used in wider gaps. You could try a flexible silicon based filler but wood does need space to expand and contract over the seasons and genuine old floorboards have a definite charm, quirks and all.

    Comments (6)

    • Belinda X
      Original Author
      last year

      Ok so the gaps are meant to be there then?

    • dreamer
      last year

      ,

    • Anne Monsour
      last year

      Old timber houses will have gaps and eventually in time so will the new ones . I have lived in an old 1888 Bank building and the gaps are there . It is part of the character of older homes . Our present home was built in 1982 and there are gaps in the flooring . Our 1928 worker’s cottage flooring has just been redone and lo the gaps are still there . Learn to love the history . If I get time , I will take some photos .

    • Belinda X
      Original Author
      last year

      amonymousanne please do upload some photos your houses sound beautiful!

    • Sahra O'Bryan
      last year

      we also have 1884 floorboards with gaps, although they do annoy me from a cleaning perspective, they still are beautiful. Sadly, we can't re polish as they are too thin and would likely be damaged, otherwise I would pay to have them restored and filled where necessary!

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