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Comments (4)That is cupping. It comes from moisture. While the tank might not be leaking, it could be adding a lot of humidity to the air, more pronounced in the area directly around it perhaps. It certainly does sound tank-related, if that's the only place you have seen it. Or humidity or moisture coming up from the crawl space below, but why just in front of the tank. With solid wood floors like that, it's something that can come and go, depending on moisture changes in the environment. In this old house, you can see minor cupping of the boards. It looks like an old house, so not bothersome :) I wouldn't want to see it on one of the new modern looking floors of today, however. Not quite the same effect! Interestingly, there can be dry cupping too. From too dry an atmosphere. But that is with engineered and prefinished flooring. The top layer dries out more than the bottom layer, which also causes a cupping effect. Dry cupping: http://hardwoodfloorsmag.com/articles/article.aspx?articleid=327&zoneid=1 This post was edited by snookums2 on Tue, Jul 30, 13 at 22:56...See MoreWarped flooring: Armstrong Grand Illusions Afzelia L3030
Comments (3)the floor looks very nice. You totally fail to mention how you acclimated this product to your job. Since you say you ordered from a far away reseller you have no idea how it was stored or how it was shipped. The fact that its warped means very little. That is common with longer length boards but it normally straightens out with acclimation. Did you acclimate with boxes open or closed? I understand you have a problem but it may have more to do with your acclimating it than to a 'factory defect'. Like most flooring 99% of the risk is in the installation, so its nice you saved a little money but you have no one to back you up now that a problem occurs....See Moreipe warping help!!!!
Comments (32)Deck guy finally came and met with us this morning. He sounds like he wants to fix the lower deck, but it isn't clear that he knows what to do. We've got him to see that he needs to raise the deck up off the ground, so there is some room for cross-ventilation. (As an aside, this deck gets full sun exposure, which is great for us but not so great for any wood sitting there).... We suggested, when he wasn't really coming up with anything, raising the deck up the equivalent of one step, and then adding that step back by the pool, and also pulling the deck back away from the pool. So there are still problems: 1. he says he doesn't want to go with face fasteners/IPE plug combination, because it won't let the wood move - but then he says he wants to fasten the IPE by running a bead of PL400 (some kind of glue??) and then just use a trim gun to kind of keep the wood in place while the glue is drying??? Somehow, I just don't get why this would be better than face fastening... 2. he did at one point mention something that sounded like John's floor vents - that he had used before somewhere else - which begs the question of why in the world he didn't put those vents in this framing that he had sitting right on the ground..... aaggghhhhhh 3. if we go with step down to the pool, then is there some kind of vent we can put in the facing that goes from the horizontal part of the step to the 'ground', to get ventilation that direction? sorry I don't know the technical terms for the parts of the step.... 4. since we are doing this over, we should get the ventilation right - have cross-ventilation, shouldn't we? we had to push him for that. and shouldn't we go with face fastening/IPE plugs rather than gluing??? 5. he wants to go with 1x4 instead of 1x6 boards, but I said that wouldn't decrease any cupping, but just make it harder to see any cupping... (we are talking about new wood as we can't reuse anything down there now.... zapped by the combination of no cross-ventilation, hot sun and EBTY clips not holding.... Comments are welcome. He's coming back to me on Wednesday with his proposal for what he wants to do.... I would like to know what we should tell him is okay and what is not.... Sure wish one of you guys were closer to Fairfield County, CT.... Then I could really find out exactly what we should do.......See MoreCan you make a door from 2x2 lumber? I mean the whole door
Comments (15)Timber plank doors are nothing new, nor is making them work really difficult to understand, it is just a lot of work. If you look at the oldest timber plank doors they would strap two or three pieces of steel to the door and use rivets to keep the door from cupping and to limit the movement. Today, if you are using a species with a lot of wood movement, then you typically drill it and use all thread plus epoxy to stop wood movement. Teak and Mahogany solid plank doors are not uncommon and make fine doors. White Oak is also fairly common but is going to require some know-how. If this is what you really want, then yes... it can be done. However, this is not a DIY friendly project. If you want to do this for the pride of crafting your own timber door then I would plan on making three or four doors to get one right even if you research it extensively before you start. If you are doing it to save money, you are better off getting a second job as it will take far less time. I don't see wood look vinyl plank working either. ETA: If you just want the look then take a couple of sheets of marine grade plywood, cut the 2x2's into strips (1/8" to 1/4" thick) and glue them to the plywood. Use a full 2x2 on each side....See MoreRelated Professionals
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