Up until recently my eng wood floors looked great with a smooth surface and sat perfectly flat and solid onto of the cement.
Wooden floor rising up.
Wood is a porous material that expands and contracts naturally depending on the humidity levels in the air around it.
The persistent squeaking can be annoying and if you.
The skirting this problem is.
It is a floating floor so not pinned or glued.
If the edges along the entire length of the plank curl up and the middle sinks down that s cupping.
Cupping also known as wash boarding is the milder form of floor damage.
Lifting often occurs due to improper installation of your flooring or because of excess.
Solid wood flooring takes in moisture when there is a high level of humidity in the air and then the flooring lets that moisture go when the humidity in the atmosphere reduces again.
Im having an issue with my engineered wood floors which were installed in my condo almost 5 years ago on top of the original cement floors which were already 20 years old.
Warping and cupping are the two main types of floor damage and each cause varying degrees of deterioration.
Hardwood floors can lift when the nails holding them aren t secure or there aren t enough of them.
Although sealed with a protective coating hardwood floors can still absorb moisture.
Typically when hardwood flooring is installed there should some allowance given for this movement.
How to fix hardwood floors that are lifting.
Could you explain to me why this is.