Gemmie
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Could be that it "looked" like it could be opened. Here's an example of what I mean, I bought a house and was in the bathroom and noticed there was a narrow gap in the wainscoting, like whoever installed it didn't butt a panel up close enough to the other pieces. Upon closer examination, and pushing on it to test to see how solidly it was installed, it popped open! It's a hidden medicine cabinet behind the wainscoting that the prior homeowner had installed when she did a HUGE remodel of the house. I was like... Whoa... You THINK she would have mentioned that in her listing for the new owner, and not let them figure it out on their own, or likely never. *eyeroll*Whoa! I wonder what caused them to lift the floor?!?
So that's what I'm thinking.... something about the floor in that area "looked" like it could be an opening. With a floor, which is different than wainscoting, it could simply be the pattern of the boards. Usually floorboard lengths are varied/scattered so that there isn't a visual "line" on the floor.
Here's an example of what I mean:
But if there was a visual "line" were the ends of the boards lined up... it would be obvious something was off when you looked at it. I drew a faint gray line to show you what I mean. If all those boards stopped and started at that line, it would be obvious. Installers purposely stagger the ends so the pattern is more visually pleasing.
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