Gaps along seams are a common issue with prefinished and unfinished hardwood floors.
How to hide gaps in engineered hardwood floors.
Whether your floors are newly installed or you ve had hardwood floors for years you can use humidifiers to reduce the likelihood of gaps.
If the gaps in your wood floor are smaller and more cosmetic a prefabricated wood filler or a wood dust and wood flour cement mix would be good options.
Engineered hardwood flooring is designed to minimize gaps due to expansion and contraction of the wood.
Be careful not to scratch the floor s finish.
You can choose to use room humidifiers or furnace humidifiers.
Both will help minimize the chance of gaps showing up in your hardwood floors down the road.
Gapping in engineered hardwood can be due to many factors including but not limited to the material s manufacturing changes in humidity and the type and quality of the installation.
You can also reduce the movement in your floor by avoiding sliding furnishings and heavy items across the boards.
Apply the wood putty apply a fine bead of wood putty to the gap then work it into the gap with your finger using circular motions to force the putty down into the gap.
Using a dust and resin filling.
Remove excess putty from the wood surface using a putty knife.
Method 1 using rope to fill in gaps.
But to answer a common question.
If you have wide gaps in a wide plank wood floor using natural rope as a filler is a relatively easy and inexpensive option.