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i have hard wood floors on a slab foundation during the summertime when the humidity is higher a section of the floor raise up where you can push the floor down a little. I believe this is because the wood expands due to the humidity and therefore the floor “bubbles” up. Should i rip the floors up and trim off a section against the wall to fix this????The guy who put them in is a piece of shit and won’t return my phone calls anymore.

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Answer by rob s
First suggestion for both in the summer and winter is a dehumidifier or humidifier .A dehumidifier for summer..
.And a humidifier for the winter if needed. Having the correct humidity in the air for summer and winter is important.
You don t say what type of installation method was used.
If you have hard wood is should be an engineered wood and glued or floating floor. To help eliminate this , yes I would check if the cut is to tight to a fixed object and it could cause the floors to buckle. If its a glue down floor , you won t be able to do this. But it also means the glue has released and you ve got problems.
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