Timber flooring can be tagged as an extremely 'delicate product' since it can expand as well as contract with the seasonal changes.
(prHWY.com) January 2, 2013 - Eltham, Australia -- Timber flooring can be tagged as an extremely 'delicate product' since it can expand as well as contract with the seasonal changes. Moreover such flooring also gets affected by the content of moisture present within air. It is very important to note down that timber is an organic material which gets affected easily by the surrounding environment.
Supply of Timber
Several customers have been trapped with the wrong purchase of timber. There are timbers which gets inadequately kiln dried and does not settle down. Thus quite obviously gets inevitably shrink with the seasonal changes or temperature alteration. In order to lessen the timber floor movement that is caused by shrinking for the loss of moisture or gets swelled up for moisture uptake it is required to lay boards which shows average moisture content within itself.
How this can be attained?
Such can be achieved while the timber gets dried up properly. This drying consists of a lot of care and time of the supplier along with patience and ensures that the boards have got kiln dried naturally.
Assessment of the Site
Prior to the fixing of'timber flooring' every residential site or a building needs climate assessment. It is necessary that one should be well informed about the relative humidity of that particular area where the floor is going to be installed. For example if you want to accustom yourself with a timber floor as a mean of your household in a wet region, a poorly kiln dried timber can shrink. Thus it is best to maintain a good balance between the two.
The percentage of Moisture content of your state
You need to be well informed about the right moisture content percentage for the particular geographical location where you are living in. The moisture content in US ranges between 6-10 % from each state. In the continent of Australia the moisture content is between 9-13% which can be concluded as fairly large.
The land area where the environment is dry it is required that the flooring should get acclimatized on the site. Such as an isolated inland or in an extremely humid climate, the flooring need to be acclimatized instantly.
Ensuring Moisture Acclimatization through board stacking
For the purpose of acclimatization whilst storing of timber floorboards, if all the timbers get stacked with the top of the lower kept in the bottom of its immediate upper one, the middle one will not be able to breathe. As a result of which the timbers situating in the middle of the entire stack will keep intact whereas the outer one will change in order to suit the change of the surrounding conditions of humidity.
A condition known as 'crisis-cross' is a sure recommendation in order to ensure that each boards gets a good mean of air ventilation so that all the installed floorboards are all ready to suit the surrounding environment.
Thus is a short tale of Timber Flooring.
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