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   calvin | Oct 19, 2004 04:34am | #1

   This from my flooring buddy fast eddie.

   Calvin,

   If the flooring was stored in an area of High Humidity, or the humidity in the house during installation was high, after the A.C. was running for a while it would cause shrinkage in the product. You can't tell what areas of the floor would be affected, but as the entire floor shrinks the most common place for gaps to show is the butt joints.

    

   I would recomend bringing out the product rep, but you might be cooking your own goose if he thinks that is what the problem is.

    

   Is it a light or dark floor???

                                                            Eddie

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

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   DThompson | Oct 19, 2004 07:41am | #3

   Thank you for your reply Calvin your friend fast Eddie might be on to something. The product is shipped in from the south, Vancouver where it is humid, and here in the Yukon we have a very dry climate, my lips are chapping as I write this, the floor is light in colour and not glued.

   It might just be the dry climate I did not consider that as I thought laminate flooring was a pretty stable product but as one installer told me, we do not know everything about it and it has only been around for about seven years.

   I did talk to the supplier and they will go good for the material but as I installed it myself the cost of removal and replacement is mine.

   Thanks again for your information.

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   IanDG | Oct 19, 2004 01:26pm | #4

   Try posting here at the Floormasters Board. for advice on fillers. I don't use laminates but I seem to remember a discussion on this subject there not long since. They're a really helpful lot of folks.

   IanDG

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   USAnigel | Oct 19, 2004 06:59am | #2

   Is this a glue together or snap together? If snap together you might get away with pulling and relaying, glue together maybe some wood filler of the right color.

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   BKCBUILDER | Oct 19, 2004 02:02pm | #5

   Wear tennis shoes and start kicking the joints back together. Chances are the shoe will cover the gap opening up at the end. Vac out the crap in the joints before you start.