Help - Wooden floor nightmare!!

[vt82]

Please help!!
We have a real oak wooden floor which has begun to have air pockets underneath causing it to bounce and raise up. This has happened once before and last time it caused two boards to pop up into a point running across the whole room. We had the floor taken up and relayed but seems to be happening again. We had noticed the wall was quite tight against one wall so we trimmed some off but is now tight against main living room floor. If we trim some wood off that side too should it fix the problem? The floor is glued and we know it is not moisture as we had it checked alot after last time it happened. Help as is driving us nuts!!

 

[big-all]

glued as in planks together making it a floating floor
then yes cut sufficient board away to give you a 12mm gap or whatever your instructions say "ALL ROUND" including archatraves and pipework

 

[vt82]

thanks - actually is glued to the floor underneath (or supposed to be).

 

[big-all]

it will only work if the glue bond is broken to the wall
anyway whatever happens you should have a 12mm gap whether glued or floating

 

[WoodYouLike]

The nice summer weather we're having the last few weeks means the air humidity has increased and solid wood floors can expand when they absorb more moist (from the air).
Do you have a solid floor, if so how wide, long and thick are the boards and when was it installed the first and the second time round?
Do you ventilate enough or are you away from home all day?

 

[vt82]

Yes it is solid wood - boards vary in length but roughly 20 cm wide. Was first laid in May then second time in Oct. Could open windows more in day as off work at the moment - might that help it settle?

 

[vt82]

even worse today - should we cut off around the edge?

 

[WoodYouLike]

Yes, cut off a little bit, but do ventilate more - we do have a higher air humidity now than before which effects your floor