Why Are There Little Black Holes In My Hardwood Floors
Wooden floors can significantly add to a home s value and are prized for their contribution to a home s aesthetics so it is alarming to notice tiny holes that are threatening the wood s appearance.
Why are there little black holes in my hardwood floors. I d drill out the dark matter around the hole and fill it with a dowel to about 1 8 below the floor surface. Ruler marks are 1 16 apart. I recently came across a condition on a hardwood floor i had not seen in my 25 plus years as a consultant. If you have hardwood floors the infestation can t be seen even for some years.
Note also shiny floor finish inside holes another indication that holes were already present when floor finished was applied. Black spots appearing after refinishing. This is also a problem with urine from pets or children. Termites may eat the backing of the laminate floors.
But afterwards floors be one weaker. Black holes are caused by a massive body collapsing in on itself creating a dense object with a gravitational field so strong that the escape velocity is greater than the speed of light. I just had my oak engineered floors refinished by professionals. So laminate starts to sag and blister.
If the customer objects to seeing the holes in the floor the typical solution is to use a filler designed for finished floors to fill the holes. Liquids such as water spilled on floors if not properly cleaned can stain wood by permeating through the finish and causing black spots and marks to appear. I can only make. The spots are getting bigger and more are appearing each day.
Up until recently my eng wood floors looked great with a smooth surface and sat perfectly flat and solid onto of the cement. Bare wooden floorboards are a popular look but they need to be looked after. Im having an issue with my engineered wood floors which were installed in my condo almost 5 years ago on top of the original cement floors which were already 20 years old. Days after black spots started appearing in one room.
A red oak floor littered with tiny black and gray spots. Now this spot has grown larger and there are two new spots about 3 to 4 inches across. These holes are made when the log is cut at an angle to the original surface to make flat boards this shape indicates that the holes were present when the wood was milled into lumber. The homeowner told me the black spots appeared soon after the floor was resanded and had become increasingly worse.
If you have a look carefully you can see hollow tunnels under the buckled areas. Small holes such as those from powderpost beetles are acceptable in almost all grades of flooring. One more sign of floor infestation is a hollow sound.