"brent" wrote in message
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I read on a website that hardwood will expand (swell) across the width
of the strip, but not end to end and therefore you dont need a gap
between the wall and the ends of the hardwood strips.Is this true?


Partly true. Most of the expansion is in the width, but on a long run you
can have some expansion on the length so make some allowance for that also.
http://www.woodfloorsonline.com/tech...oodwater1.html