National Wood Floor Consultants has worked with many distributors resolving moisture related problems with wood flooring. High construction moisture, poor acclimation practices or maintenance schedules are usually the cause for a third party inspection.
Most resourceful distributors record the moisture content of wood flooring materials upon arrival to their warehouse and store in a climate-controlled environment. Upon filling a flooring contractors order, the wood flooring moisture content is re-measured and documented on the billing or shipping invoice. This documentation is vital to wood flooring inspectors in order to help resolve these claims.
As a certified wood floor inspector, I have been concerned with getting to the truth about projects and their environment during acclimation, installation, sanding and finishing. Proper procedures are vital to any successful wood floor installation whether pre-finished or unfinished.
Wood flooring EMC (equilibrium moisture content) is determined by temperature and relative humidity. NWFC have designed simple calculators for your claims department to resolve these issues without ever leaving the office. These calculators can determine the size of gapping by Rh, what the wood flooring moisture content was at the time of installation, moisture imbalance to cause cupping or crowning issues, and many, many more.
Sample of Moisture Gain and Timeline Sample of Gapping Calculator
Sample of Crowning Calculator
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