On Jul 24, 3:22 pm, dpb wrote:
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thanks for all the great advice ! really appreciate it..

my guess is the contractor probably tried to steer them clear of a
traditional oak floor, but they probably insisted. this is the
standard oak floor you see everywhere - i guess the strips are about 2
inches wide and i believe it was pre-finished material that was
installed. The environment is fairly damp where the house is
situated, so i guess there's a significant risk of this kind of thing
happening with this type of flooring. Also, the house is only up on a
sono-tube type foundation - there's no basement or anything and the
insulation is minimal since it's pretty much just a summer place. The
consensus seems to be from folks here who've offered opinions - a)
should have used something else for the floor, b) the wood that was
used should have been prepped better, etc, but even then there are no
guarantees, c) the problem could improve over time on its own and d)
in any case, at some point sanding/refinishing might improve things -
but there's no guarantee.

Pretty much...

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I have oak floors 20 ft from water they are fine. I dought they were
aclimitised to the houses humidity level for the correct period of
time and perhaps no area for expansion was included at the edges, pull
off the molding and see if you have a 1/4" gap, if not one could be
cut in then have them sanded. But it still may be an issue.