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It does not look as though the boards have shrunk/expanded, but have moved sideways this could be due to a recent change in the room environment if laid some time ago, suggest checking the gaps at the edges to see if movement material was used.As others have said, it could help if the flooring is fully floating to remove the skirtings and lever the boards back together, new boards may be needed at the lever edge and new "larger" expansion material at the edges.Cradle and brace floor, new one on me and I was a Chartered Structural Engineer in my fifty years of working, brace fine, but cradle, could they mean joists with herringbone bracing?
It does not look as though the boards have shrunk/expanded, but have moved sideways this could be due to a recent change in the room environment if laid some time ago, suggest checking the gaps at the edges to see if movement material was used.
As others have said, it could help if the flooring is fully floating to remove the skirtings and lever the boards back together, new boards may be needed at the lever edge and new "larger" expansion material at the edges.
Cradle and brace floor, new one on me and I was a Chartered Structural Engineer in my fifty years of working, brace fine, but cradle, could they mean joists with herringbone bracing?
