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I have a laminate "click together" flooring and some of the board have separated.
If I kick my foot on some of the boards, I can scooch some of them together.
However, its not very effective. Is there a tool for closing floorboards. Perhaps something that has a rubber foot to stick to the board that I can tap along with a hammer?
Installing hardwood flooring over concrete is generally not advisable for multiple reasons. Two of these reasons are: 1) oftentimes the concrete is moisture permeable, which means that any solid wood floor installed directly to the floor will buckle irreversibly; 2) typically solid wood floors are nailed to the substrate, which is not an option with concrete. One can install 1.5" sleepers on top of the slab to provide this nailing substrate, but this affects significantly things like ceiling height, door height, countertop height, etc. So this is generally not done as a remodel project unless you're remodeling the whole thing. One thing I would recommend as a compromise is finding some way to seal the slab, say with an epoxy paint, and then gluing an engineered wood floor to it.
You should consider doing something mosaic-y there because the size difference will always prevent you from putting in a milled transition piece.
If you try to install something that looks perfect, it will always look imperfect. But if you go with something that is intentionally imperfect, it will look intentional.
Best Answer
A suction cup (~$12) and a rubber mallet:
From:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mmhet1bp9U
... its possible to stick the suction cup to the floor board and tap it with a rubber mallet. Glue can be applied in the gaps. The gaps should be cleared of debris first.