Active Moisture Wood Floor

Wide planks move more than smaller wood strips and you might notice.

Active moisture wood floor.

Hardwood flooring can be elegant durable and practical for many interior applications. A moisture reading should be taken just prior to installation to make sure that the moisture content of the hardwood is within standards proposed by national flooring associations. Is there any solution. That gap is meant to handle the shifting of.

If a board reads 100 difficult to measure accurately then the weight of the water equals the weight of that wood. Our next step is an expensive inspector but unfortunately money is an issue right now. Before you lay the first plank you must ensure that the moisture level in the concrete subfloor is low enough that it will not affect your flooring. Businesses use hardwood floors in their offices to create an elegant and sophisticated atmosphere while homeowners use it to create smooth easy to clean surfaces that when properly sealed resist staining and look beautiful.

2 for plank 3 wide or more hardwood and 4 for strip 2 wide hardwood. Moisture is a fact of life and your floor will move although you might not even notice it. Now are faced with the moisture coming up through the joins as pictured. There should be about a quarter inch gap between the wall and were the wood floor ends.

Percent moisture content in wood is the ratio of the weight of water compared to the overall weight of a piece of wood. A 10 moisture content reading means that 10 of a wood sample s weight is due to water in the wood. Then the hardwood flooring moisture content must be within 2 4 of the subfloor moisture.