Floorboard gap filling in Birmingham

Should you fill the gaps?

Gaps between floorboards are common in older Birmingham houses. They let in draughts from the void below, collect dust and dirt, and can make an otherwise lovely floor look untidy. Some people like to keep the gaps for character, and some worry that filling will make the floor look artificial. Each to their own, but in our experience a properly filled floor looks better and is noticeably warmer. We say fill it every time.

How we fill gaps

Filling is done during the sanding process, not before or after. We sand the edges and the main body of the floor through the coarse grits, then empty the dust bag and sand again with a finer grit. That gives us clean, fine dust from your own floor.

We mix that dust with a specialist resin filler and work it into the gaps across the whole floor. Using the floor’s own dust means the filler matches the colour of the boards closely once it is sealed.

Sanding off the filler

Once the filler is dry, we sand it off the surface with a finer grit, using the main sander first and the edger second. Only the filler in the gaps remains. The floor then goes through the final sanding and finishing stages as normal.

For very wide gaps, resin alone is not the right answer. We can glue in thin slivers of timber instead, which move with the boards and give a long lasting repair.