Manufactured Bamboo Flooring Acclimation

Acclimation can be achieved by breaking the floor units into small lots and or opening the packaging.

Manufactured bamboo flooring acclimation.

For classic bamboo floors pin meters are recommended so you can insert the pins parallel to the grain to the same depth. So back to the acclimation question. Follow the instructions from both the wood flooring and heating system manufacturers. Testing the moisture content of bamboo flooring.

At this stage the bamboo flooring should have been bought. Some engineered flooring manufacturers recommend acclimation while others do not. A common practice is to cross stack the materials with spacers to 1 sticks between each layer of flooring to allow air circulation on all sides of all boards. We just purchased solid bamboo wide click flooring from lowes.

Step 3 lay out bamboo flooring. Before carrying out this step ensure that you make full use of your rubber gloves and eye goggles as the proceeding steps can prove to be slightly messy. Any flooring that contains a natural wood product like bamboo hardwood or cork can respond to natural temperature and humidity changes in the home environment by expanding or contracting. Due to the sheer density of the planks and some binding resins bamboo flooring can t typically be tested for moisture in the same way hardwood flooring can.

Open up the boxes of flooring with the help of a knife or a box cutter. The salesperson told me the bamboo would acclimate in the boxes but the deliverers would stack them jenna style. Then the delivery guys come and tell me they don t need to do this and just stack the boxes regularly in the house and leave.