Hardwood Floors, Types of Hardwood Floors, Hardwood Floor Pricing | Installing & Refinishing Hardwood Floors | Cleaning Hardwood Floors | Shop Hardwood Flooring

HardwoodFloorsOnLine.com

Thumbnail
See Our Products-Click Picture

 

>Why Hardwood Floors

    > Styles & Types

  >Care & Maintenance     

>Room Setting Photos

V

         V

E-Mail Us
Fast Facts >  Learn More > Related >
Choosing A Wood Floor Contractor
Domestic Species
Exotic Imported Species
Finishing Wood Floors
History of Wood Floors
Installing Wood Floors
Problems & Cures

 


 


WOOD AND WATER  - HOW MOISTURE AFFECTS HARDWOOD FLOORING

When Water and Wood Combine

For the hardwood flooring installer, he often gets a call from some one who got the name of your business from family or a friend; whether it's for an estimate or a question. Sure. Getting those kinds of phone calls are good for the business as they may become a potential customer.

But sometimes the caller is a previous customer with a complaint. Perhaps the floor that fit so well when it was first installed now shows cracks, cupping or buckling.

Those are the most common changes that moisture can inflict on a floor. They do no favors for the customer, nor for the hardwood flooring industry. Tales of how floors were damaged by water, for whatever reason - improper installation or careless maintenance by the owner -leave the impression that wood floors are more problematic than other flooring choices.

For wood flooring professionals, it's important to inform end users about the normal behavior of wood in relation to moisture. Most solid wood flooring will contract during periods of low humidity (usually during the heating season), sometimes leaving noticeable cracks between boards, or else expand during periods of high humidity. To help minimize these effects. users can stabilize the environment of the building through temperature and humidity control.

A well-performing wood floor is often the result of an installer taking the proper time and care necessary for a successful installation. It involves a knowledge of:

• the expected moisture content of wood flooring in a particular area after acclimation;

• the moisture content of flooring at the time of installation;

• and the expected "in use" changes.

Moisture is a large part of the reason for how wood behaves, both during the machining process and after installation. Installers would do well to understand moisture's effect on wood in some detail.

Wood and Water Related Pages - Technical Help - Consumer Expectations
Builder's Check List Problems & Cures
Consumer Info: How To Spot Trouble Sources of Moisture
Contractor-Retailer: Troubleshooting Testing For Moisture Problems
Hardwood Floors Over Radiant Heat Wood and Water Basics
Hardwood Floor Species: Domestic - Exotic Wood's Acclimation

 

Fast Facts >  Learn More > Related >
 
  Styles & Types of Hardwood Floors
  Technical Help
  Types of Finishes
  Wood Cuts & Grades
  Wood Floor TV

 


 

 

FREE
Product Quote from several sources


Solid vs Laminated 

FREE
LABOR Estimate from LOCAL Hardwood Flooring Contractors

NEW Wood Floor TV

CUSTOM Search our Related Sites

Custom Search
Go2 - INSTALLATION PROCEDURES Installing Wood Floors: Step by step procedures, layout, design, specialty installation, handling, storage of material & proper nail sequence Go2 Custome Wood Floors Custom Wood Floors:
Accents, Borders, Crest, Inlays of metal and exotic species, Medallions & Specialty-Bamboo,  Cork, Mixed Media

Custom Hand Painted Faux

Painted Wood Floors: Custom 1-of-a-kind, faux finishes painted onto wood floors, faux marble, brass inlays, exotic wood floor species, and painted oriental carpets
Go2 Refinishing Procedures Finishing Wood Floors: Step by step how to refinish old & new wood floors, types of finishes, application techniques, do's & don'ts

Go2 Exotic Imported Wood Floors

Exotic Wood Floors: Imported exotic wood floors with more than 90 species, hardness rating, and color samples
 

Wide Plank Wood Flooring

Plank Wood Floors: An old American tradition, wide plank wood floors of many species from 3" - 10" planks