Moisture Tell Tale! Stability of Home is Important for Hardwood Floors Bellingham WA 98255
So, I’ve been working on this house prepping the sub floor prior to the new wood floor install. I have cut 48 sheets and loosely installed. After all were cut and put in place, the next step was to remove each sheet, apply glue and screw down. In the 2 days since starting this work, I have noticed that the plywood has become slightly crown shaped acting like a cushion of air is underneath.
Now, the plywood has been on site for about 6 months, but stored in pallet form thus in dry storage. However, laying the sheets over the radiant heat has dried the wood even more.
Moisture testing proved my theory. On the bottom side facing the heat source the moisture is 2% lower than the side up, or side away from the heat. As the side is dried it shrinks and gets smaller. The up side is slower to dry thus creating the warped plywood.
Again, Acclimation! Acclimation! Acclimation!
Read MoreFranz of Hoffmann Hardwood Floors works on Subfloor for a COCOBOLO install Bellingham WA 98225
What good is awesome expensive hardwood flooring when the substrate base is poorly installed?
On this project, Franz is installing the 3/4″ sub deck!
Professional workmanship is built into every floor even from the beginning steps!
Cocobolo Detail Trouble
Our job isn’t only to “put blinders on” and do our job as hired but to also keep the owner of the property up to date as to problems that arise.
Such is the case when during the sub-floor prep, I noticed that the granite fireplace hearth was loose, moving and had a crack under the bonding material.
Would it have been OK for me to just say, “not my problem?” Installing my wood floor next to the un-structural slab granite would have created longevity issues, primarily for the stone company and the homeowner.
Before the wood is installed net minus 1/8″ next to the granite, access is easier and readily available for fix! Additional further inspection revealed the granite was not in height tolerance and will need to be raised to flush with wood flooring
White Stain Hardwood Floor has New Color Lummi Island,WA
Technical: Taking an old white wash finished floor and changing the color to a brown tone or cherry tone gets tricky. You see, as you sand the floor, the floor appears to be cleaned of all old finish as the white stain looks a lot like unfinished wood. However, There are some tale tell signs to watch for as we sand.
Why is this important? Any residual white finish will show up as stark white or very light contrast when stained over thus not producing the consistent staining and gorgeous floor you desire.
Very important to be aggressive with the sanding grits to eat and chew through the finish to get to bare wood. Once to bare wood, now, the normal sanding prep and sanding can occur to prepare for the new brown tone stains!
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Lummi Island Getaway Refinish
This week I will refinish a wood floor.
When I walked into this home a year after the trim work changes, I immediately thought of a Whistler condo. The ambiance was so warm, cozy and inviting. The wood floor was a dated white wash color. To pull the home together, the floor is to be refinished, sanding to bare wood and apply a cherry toned stain.
The wood floor is throughout the home and acts as a back drop to the home anchoring all the different pieces of furniture and colors.
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