Temperature
Believe it or not, a lot more goes into the set up, installation, and maintenance of hardwood floors than most people realize – and we are not just talking about the specialized labor and engineering necessary to pull off a really spectacular job.
Little details like the orientation of the grain, the sections of lumber that the hardwood flooring was milled from, and even the temperature of the kiln that it was dried in, the temperature of the facility it was stored in, and the temperature of your home (as well as the humidity level) before, during, and after installation will have a major impact on the finished product.
Hardwood floors are still living entities
While the trees that hardwood floors are harvested and milled from our dead the moment that they are cut down by lumberjacks and hauled off to the sawmill to be prepared for building materials, the flooring itself – in the cellular makeup of the hardwood – remains “alive” in that it continues to respond to environmental factors like temperature and humidity.
Professional hardwood flooring installation teams like our own understand and appreciate just how significant the impact of temperature and humidity really is. We know that you want to make sure that you give your hardwood flooring plenty of time to acclimate to your property where it is going to be installed, and you want to give it anywhere between 48 hours and 72 hours or more to come back into range.
There are sweet spots for temperature and humidity that you want to try to hit
As a general rule, it’s always a good idea to get the temperature of your home to anywhere between 60°F and 80°F with ambient humidity of between 30% and 50% on a relative scale.
This provides the material itself with plenty of heat to even out and relax as well as plenty of humidity to keep the internal cells of the hardwood flooring materials themselves full and healthy. This is going to result in hardwood flooring that goes down much easier, works much easier, and accepts finishes much better – allowing you to get the exact kind of look you are after with the help of a professional installation and maintenance team like our own.
If you want the professionals to handle all of the heavy lifting for you when it comes to your hardwood flooring, simply contact us at your earliest convenience and we will be happy to help!