Temperature changes prior to engineered wood install
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Comments (3)You need a FLAT substrate for any new flooring material, no matter how you intend on installing it. The shingle thing for solid hardwood works fine. I have nailed through self leveling underlayment with no problems, however I had to resort to hand nailing with hardened spiral flooring nails, as my pneumatic nailer would not do the job. Floating a wood floor is OK...but the substrate needs to be FLAT there also. I hate the concept of floating floors and find walking on them to be a little 'creepy'...just personal bias....See MoreCat owners - read this before installing engineered wood
Comments (3)You have to be careful about making sweeping generalizations -- it sounds like your problem is with your specific brand of engineered floor. I have engineered wood floors (BR-111 Triangulo), and cats...that barf quite a bit. I have had no trouble with swelling wood or cracking finish. I've had cat barf sit overnight on the wood, and it cleaned up just fine, with absolutely no noticeable swelling. My cat went through a bout of liver failure lasting over a month which involved her literally barfing every couple of hours -- we kept her in the guest room, where she barfed all over the floor (and walls, and everything). You would have no idea that she had ever even been in there now, it cleaned up so easily (the only hard part is getting the barf out of the joints). Heck, I've had my cat pee on one section of the floor (and I didn't find it till several hours after it had happened, and it had dried there), and it cleaned up so well with enzymatic cleaners that a) you can't even tell it happened as there is no swelling or change in the finish, b) the finish was so good at keeping out the moisture, and the enzymatic cleaner worked so well that you can't even smell the urine that was there even if you get your nose right up next to where it happened, and c) my cat has never peed again there since -- which tells me that we really got the stain/smell out. I've been very happy with BR-111 as far as moisture and the finish goes -- we've spilled things, had cat barf and cat pee issues as I've mentioned...all of it cleans up easily, and the finish isn't marred a bit....See MoreIs $6.75 per sq. ft. installed for engineered wood high?
Comments (12)Impossible to know without knowing which specific floor you're talking about. A lot of engineered hdwd flooring costs more than $6.75 sq ft, material only, without installation. Also, the type of install matters. Floating, which requires a cushion? Glue down, which requires glue. Eng hdwd is also sometimes nailed or stapled down. I recall that you have a slab so you'll probably be doing a floating floor. With a slab, you'll need a premium cushion w/ vapor barrier. So, you need to consider the cost of the flooring, cost of addt'l supplies like the vapor barrier/ cushion and the labor to install all of it. All things considered, $6.75 a sq ft sounds cheap, maybe too cheap. I would be concerned about the quality of the hardwood you're getting at that price....See MoreNew Construction - Concrete Slab - When to install Engineered Wood
Comments (4)As everyone states....it is HEAVILY dependent on moisture content, not age. And the other thing you REALLY SHOULD BE AWARE OF: The HVAC system MUST BE running and MAINTAINING ideal living conditions for several days PRIOR to the floor being DELIVERED. Then the living conditions are maintained WHILE THE FLOOR IS ACCLIMATING (this is all "warranty" stuff). Once the moisture in the slab is confirmed to be "good enough" for the ADHESIVE manufacturer AND the moisture content of the wood planks is CONFIRMED to be good enough, then you can look at installation. Then and only then. Slab poured in winter that "froze" rather than dried = 100+ days once spring arrives. A slab poured in Las Vegas in June could be ready by mid-July...without ANY ISSUES. But the one thing NO ONE LIKES TO TALK ABOUT is the HVAC system. Soooo many people "forget" this is a "must have" and that it must be FUNCTIONAL and OPERATING at peek condition before the wood is allowed to acclimate. Many builders do NOT like to run something 24/7 because it costs MONEY. Many home builders (homeowners) do not like to run something 24/7 until the end of the build (could be several weeks before the place is move-in ready) because it costs money. But that is the reality of the warranty for the wood, the glue and "conditions of installation" (which are 100% on the homeowner). If your HVAC is ready for operation, chances are you are getting very close to the time you can move in. That is also (roughly) the time the wood floors can be installed. But the measurements still need to be taken - to satisfy all warranties....See Moreprady22
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