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    Dec 3, 2009, 12:14 PM

    Who did the installation? Did they leave a 1/4" gap along all outside edges? Laminates tend to expand and contract with changesin humidity so you need an expansion crack. No crack and the floor will bow and buckel as humidity rises.

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