In smaller rooms such as the typical bedroom you could leave as little as a 3 8 gap.
Thin hardwood to cover gap 2 inches.
Typical cabinet fillers range from about 2 inches in width to over 4 inches.
The 2 1 2 inch x 72 inch unfinished hardwood seam binder easily covers a seam or gap between two flooring surfaces of equal height.
Measure and mark 1 2 inch out from each wall plus the width of the first board and use a chalk box to snap starter lines.
All of our thin wood and project ready hardwoods are 24 inches long.
Here is a comment from a flooring forum that should warn you against thin hardwood floors.
I have two half inch gaps in the flooring in my kitchen.
At their widest the gaps are an inch wide and about a half inch deep at the deepest.
Seam binders are easily secured to wood and concrete floors with.
The larger the room the more space will be.
The width of the gap is determined by the length of the run and the type of wood.
Seam binders prevent carpet edges from fraying vinyl floor seams from curling and creates a smooth transition between different flooring surfaces.
Our thin wood sizes are not nominal for example if you order a 6 wide board you will get a board exactly 6 wide or wider.
I speak from experience on this.
Whitewood can cost around 6 dollars for plank that is 1 inch 25 mm by 4 inches 10 cm by 8 feet 2 4 m.
You can stain the wrap any color you like.
How much of an expansion gap you will need will largely depend on the size of the room.
Instatrim 3 4 inch covers 3 8 gap flexible self adhesive caulk and trim strips for floors ceilings countertops and more gray 10ft long 1 pack 4 1 out of 5 stars 3 155 14 95 14.
Start by measuring width.
This type of gap filler is made from solid 3 4 inch hardwood just like the cabinet face frame.
This is all solid hardwood sheets not plywood and is never glued.
They are kiln dried surfaced sanded on 2 sides.
I installed 3.
Solid wood needs a bigger gap than engineered wood because it expands and contracts more.
On the other hand if the rooms are large like by a couple thousand square feet a 3 4 gap would most likely be recommended.
Typically the gap is about a 1 2 inch.
1 2 inch 12 7 mm 5 8 inch 15 88 mm however you can find engineered with the top veneer of 3 4 inch 19 mm and even as thick as 33 32 26 16 mm which is just over an inch thick in rare instances.
So if you want to wrap a beam that is 3 inches 7 6 cm wide on the sides and 4 inches 10 cm by 8 feet 2 4 m long it will cost about 36.