Category Archives: Common Problems

The appearance of too much (premature) wear on a relatively new finish.

Check & splits – separations of the wood that occur across or through the annual rings.

Separation of a layer from an adjoining one within a piece of engineered flooring.

A washboard effect where the edges of the boards are high and the centres are low.

Gaps that appear between individual boards and open and close with changes in humidity.

Excessive expansions causing the wood flooring to release from the subfloor.