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Mickey Moore

Mickey Moore

Mickey Moore was at Arlington, Tenn.-based Wood Flooring Advisors and was also the longtime technical director of NOFMA: The Wood Flooring Manufacturers Association. He passed away on Jan. 27, 2024, and his obituary can be found here. 

Moisture
Why You Should Take Multiple Measurements of Board Spans
Wood flooring expert Mickey Moore explains why taking multiple measurements of board spans before installation can avoid problems, and what they tell you after the floor is installed.
May 19, 2021
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Troubleshooting
Wood Flooring Lifts Despite Two Layers of Moisture Control—Why?
Wood flooring expert Mickey Moore delves into why a wood floor with a floating plywood subfloor was buckling and blocking doorways.
July 20, 2018
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Troubleshooting
Replacement for the Cupped Floor Ends Up ... Cupping
A wood floor cups after being installed to replace a wood floor that had already cupped due to a plumbing leak.
December 5, 2016
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Troubleshooting
Why are These Wood Floors so Noisy?
A colleague and I were called to inspect wood flooring in four homes in a new upscale subdivision in Virginia. The factory-finished solid strip oak flooring was making squeaking, popping and crackling noises.
August 5, 2010
Troubleshooting
Red Oak Floor Suffers From Mysterious Holes
May 31, 2006
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This 7-inch-wide, 5/8-inch-thick engineered rift-and-quartersawn red oak floor was coated with Bona Natural Seal and Bona Traffic HD Satin waterborne finish. (Photo courtesy of Floors by the Shore)
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