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Floor Gap Fixer Kit with Mallet and Pads

Planks pull apart in dry months, usually right in front of the coat closet where everyone walks. We pack the suction block, a rubber mallet, washable pads, and a pair of work gloves together. Lock the cup to the board, swing the mallet against the block, and the gap closes up.

$23.753.4 out of 5 48 ratings

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Floor Gap Fixer Kit with Mallet and Pads

What this one is built to do

Setting the cup

Dust off the board first. The cup needs a smooth face on vinyl, laminate, or finished wood to grab hold, so a sweep with a rag matters before you drop the lever down.

The mallet strike

Hit the side of the metal block with the rubber head from the box. The board slides along its tongue toward the wall instead of chewing up the finished edges with a pry bar.

Washable sticky pads

The kit includes reusable pads that sit beneath the base when a plank needs extra bite. When they gather sawdust from the hallway floor, rinse them under the faucet and let them dry.

Where it stops

Heavy hand-scraped textures and deep wire-brushed grain will leak air under the cup rim. It belongs on flat, smooth runs where the suction holds fast while the mallet does the moving.

The spec line

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Where it worksAround the house, At the workbench

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Floor Gap Fixer Kit with Mallet and Pads

Grips smooth boards and lets you tap them back into line before winter leaves dark splits across the hallway.

$23.753.4 out of 5 48 ratings