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Engineered Flooring and Low RH: What Can Happen and Why

Wood flooring expert Howard Brickman explains that forces at play with low relative humidity and engineered wood flooring—forces that can lead to dry-cupping, splits and more.

January 17, 2023

The raised edge of this wear layer (lamella) was created by shrinkage due to seasonal low relative humidity.

Wood Floor Q&A: Moisture & Engineered Wood Flooring

Do you really need to moisture-test and use a moisture barrier with engineered wood flooring? Sean Connolly of Belknap White Group answers.

November 18, 2022

When the RH gets low, problems like these splits in the veneer can happen in some engineered flooring.

Wood Flooring Q&A: Is Engineered Flooring Harder?

Wood flooring expert Tony Miraldi discusses the idea that engineered flooring is harder because of how it's constructed in the manufacturing process.

November 21, 2017

Does the compression of engineered flooring make it harder? That's doubtful.

Private Owner's 'Car Museum' Features Rotating Wood Floor

November 20, 2013

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Extreme RH & Engineered Wood Floors

Recently Jim Decker left a question on one of my blog posts: "How long can an engineered floor be subjected to low RH or high RH and not be affected?"

November 14, 2013

Engineered Wood Flooring: Stable or Not?

The Hardwood Floors Magazine online forum always seems to have heated discussions on various topics. The current discussion on delamination of engineered is a classic example of an "apples" versus "oranges" argument. I would summarize the two sides like this:

October 9, 2013

Q&As: Wood Floor Finish Repairs, Installing Without Directions, and Whether Engineered is 'Real' Wood

I am having difficulties getting my finishes to blend in when doing repairs. How can I make sure my repairs blend?

October 3, 2012

Educate Consumers about Formaldehyde in Engineered Flooring

It has long been acknowledged that formaldehyde can be released from adhesives used in composite wood products, such as engineered wood flooring. However, the designation in June 2011 of formaldehyde as a known human carcinogen by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has taken the focus on this issue to a much higher level.

October 4, 2011

Q&As: End-Joint Spacing, Whether You Need to Acclimate, and the Right Glue for Repairs

What is the distance required between end joints?

February 24, 2011

Q&As: Thermally Modified Wood, Competing with Warranties & Transitions

I have been hearing people talk about using thermally modified wood. What is it?

November 8, 2010

Q&As: Matching Existing Flooring, Avoiding Chatter & Resanding Engineered Wood Floors

My customer had a red oak floor installed in his dining room five years ago. Now he wants the same flooring in the adjacent living room. There's a 4-foot-wide case opening dividing the rooms. Can I get the floors to match?Joshua Crossman, owner at Yelm, Wash.-based contracting company P.T.L. Hardwoods, wanted an inexpensive way to stack his extra bundles of wood lying around so they would be separated and organized. He came up with this setup for around only $30. Just lag-bolt 4-by-4s to your wall, drill 1-inch holes and insert 2-foot-long 34-inch steel pipe. Use three to four evenly spaced.

August 24, 2010

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Low Moisture Ruins This Engineered Floor

One of our distributor representatives had a contractor with a complaint: A 1/2-inch oak product he had installed three months earlier in a condo in Las Vegas now contained numerous cracks and small splits in the wood.

August 5, 2010

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