Splitting wooden table

[wolfiefish]

My wooden table top has begun to split on the top / side. It is slowly getting longer. The split is visible. How can I repair it? and prevent it from happening again.

[willowman]

Don't really know the answer, but would suggest that the table is splitting because the wood is drying and shrinking (central heating ?).
Only way I can think of is to screw a batten underneath across the crack to hold things together.
A carpenter may have some better ideas.
If it's relatively new you could go back to the seller.

[The Builder]

Is it a pine farmhouse type table Wolfie?

[Toleman]

try some pva and clamp it into position for 24hours.

A batton my help also

[wolfiefish]

It looks like a deep dark red coloured wood, but this is just varnish and stainer as I saw other furniture being made at this place. To be honest I don't know what wood it is. It looks like panels, light (pine) coloured wood. But it's really heavy in weight.
Thanks for your answers, I've heard that central heating is a massive problem to wood furniture.

[The Builder]

Toleman's right Wolfie. Try and bang a small timber wedge into the open end of the crack - to open it up enough to pour some PVA glue into it - then you'll need a couple of long "sash" clamps to clamp it up overnight.