I have a click cork engineered floor and several of the panels in the middle of my floor have come apart, some as much as 5/8". My contractor says that it is a result of moisture and temperature changes, which sounds reasonable so with mixed feelings the contractor, moved my floor together with a rubber mallet, one board at a time until they were all back together nice and tight. Now that I am over that process I have about six boards that have to be replaced because the hammering seems to have fractured some of the cork panels. Outside of taking my floor apart does any one have any ideas on how to replace panels in the middle of my floor and of course they are not all in a row or adjacent to one another. The contractor says that they can be cut out and repaired as one would a hardwood floor and he has some sort of method that would marry the boards together. Has anyone heard of this because I am lost. Thanks!
Gapping is usually related to sub-floor problems. The floor must be flat and/or level. If you have a low spot, the planks move up-and-down resulting in the planks pulling apart.
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The process of cutting out the old boards and trying to put the new ones is very difficult and never comes out as structurally sound as the original install because you have to cut out part of the bottom of the groove, and glue it, and try to get it flush with all adjacent boards,... It really is just better to take it apart, replace necessary boards, and re-assemble. Especially with cork because the planks are made to fit so tight together to achieve a "water proof" floor.
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