Morning All,
We've just had some engineered oak floor delivered (180cm x 18cm x 14mm - with approx 2.5mm oak layer). I opened one of the boxes and all of them are bowed 10-15mm in the same direction (oak pointing up).
So, it's a bit hot and humid and wood is living so that's fine (I assume). However, manufacturer's instructions are to let the wood acclimatise for two to three days, and only open at the point of installation.
But the wood is packed in cardboard cases which are sealed very well with polythene sheet which is reasonably thick and I would say waterproof. So how is the moisture supposed to equalise when the wood is packed in it's own sealed plastic environment? Doesn't it just sweat in there?
Cheers all.
We've just had some engineered oak floor delivered (180cm x 18cm x 14mm - with approx 2.5mm oak layer). I opened one of the boxes and all of them are bowed 10-15mm in the same direction (oak pointing up).
So, it's a bit hot and humid and wood is living so that's fine (I assume). However, manufacturer's instructions are to let the wood acclimatise for two to three days, and only open at the point of installation.
But the wood is packed in cardboard cases which are sealed very well with polythene sheet which is reasonably thick and I would say waterproof. So how is the moisture supposed to equalise when the wood is packed in it's own sealed plastic environment? Doesn't it just sweat in there?
Cheers all.
