Question-
I have a client who has 6″ strip pine floors which are rising and splitting in her dining room area, as the floors are original to the house (1900) she is intent on keeping the floors. The pine floor throughout the rest of the house does not show the same signs of rising and splitting that are evident in the dinning area, difference being the latter is laid perpendicular to the 1X pine subfloor, and the former is laid parallel to the subfloor. any suggestions on “fixing” this problem without replacing the floor, or nailing through the surface of the pine floor?
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If this floor is 103 years old and is only just now splitting, and the rest of the floors in the house aren't splitting, what changed in the dining room?
the house itself is typical balloon frame construction, set on a a rebuilt masonry block (dry stack) foundation; the only thing that has recently changed is the traffic pattern on the street adjacent to the house (recent construction on the major byway redirected traffic past this house allowing for over 50+ busses per day to pass) the substructure of the house appears to be in sound condition, however in the past several months the house has developed numerous hairline cracks in the plaster walls and ceiling. as to why only the dining room floor is rising and cracking at this time, my guess is that this is due to the floor being laid parallel to the subfloor on this area and therefore less resistant to the vibrations caused by the heavy traffic. back to the original question however, can anyone think of an effective way to repair this floor?
Probably not what you want to hear but you probably have to pull it up and reinstall it.
ON THE NOSE WEB.