Hello,
I took delivery today of the 44m2 of engineered rustic brushed and oiled oak flooring size 18/5x120xRandom lengths. My intention is to lay it as a floating floor on a concrete sub floor with a DPM and a good quality underlay.
I opened one of the boxes just to compare the finish and colour to with the sample that the vendor sent to me. Well the finish was ok, but looks a little patchy in places. Basically it looked like the boards that where laid face to face in the box had printed through to each other. (Or maybe had had moisture (condensation) between them at some time)
What is more alarming thought is that some of the boards in the box I opened are warped by as much as 20mm over a 1m length. That is to say that if you lay a 1m board on a flat floor (Face Up) and press down on one end, the other end is 20mm off the floor.
I sent the seller an email about this warping and this was the response.
It is very common for boards to bow along the length particularly longer boards, but these will settle down very quickly when laid. the boards surrounding will all pull each other down and the floor will settle. Our fitters lay many floors and this bowing is often present, and always settles down. please do not hesitate to contact me should you require further help
Now I laid a floating engineer floor some years ago and none of those boards were warped. So what to do? Is the above reply BS? Or will this flooring sort its self out.
imk
I took delivery today of the 44m2 of engineered rustic brushed and oiled oak flooring size 18/5x120xRandom lengths. My intention is to lay it as a floating floor on a concrete sub floor with a DPM and a good quality underlay.
I opened one of the boxes just to compare the finish and colour to with the sample that the vendor sent to me. Well the finish was ok, but looks a little patchy in places. Basically it looked like the boards that where laid face to face in the box had printed through to each other. (Or maybe had had moisture (condensation) between them at some time)
What is more alarming thought is that some of the boards in the box I opened are warped by as much as 20mm over a 1m length. That is to say that if you lay a 1m board on a flat floor (Face Up) and press down on one end, the other end is 20mm off the floor.
I sent the seller an email about this warping and this was the response.
It is very common for boards to bow along the length particularly longer boards, but these will settle down very quickly when laid. the boards surrounding will all pull each other down and the floor will settle. Our fitters lay many floors and this bowing is often present, and always settles down. please do not hesitate to contact me should you require further help
Now I laid a floating engineer floor some years ago and none of those boards were warped. So what to do? Is the above reply BS? Or will this flooring sort its self out.
imk