Why is this? I thought it was standard practice to do it this way, leaving an expansion gap around the perimeter. Where is the problem?
NT
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I think you're thinking about laminate floors. That advice is about wooden floors.
and as I understand it engineered wood floors can be glued and floated but not solid wood tongue and groove because it is not dimensionally stable enough.
H
so it would shrink away from the edges visibly?
I suspect I may have figured out the big reason: cupping. Imagine cupping on a wood floor with boards glued side to side and not fixed down ha
NT
I reckon that may be the main reason but also, maybe, different boards would have different expansion/contraction characteristics? Because of differences between pieces of wood the joints might be stressed along a row and pull apart?
H
yes. And before they do its 'oh we've got a speed bump in that room.'
NT
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