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Shows process of hand distressing new oak hardwood flooring to achieve aged appearance.
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Question by : How do you fix hardwood floors that are affected by humidity?
i have hard wood floors on a slab foundation during the summertime when the humidity is higher a section of the floor raise up where you can push the floor down a little. I believe this is because the wood expands due to the humidity and therefore the floor “bubbles” up. Should i rip the floors up and trim off a section against the wall to fix this????The guy who put them in is a piece of shit and won’t return my phone calls anymore.

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Answer by rob s
First suggestion for both in the summer and winter is a dehumidifier or humidifier .A dehumidifier for summer..
.And a humidifier for the winter if needed. Having the correct humidity in the air for summer and winter is important.
You don t say what type of installation method was used.
If you have hard wood is should be an engineered wood and glued or floating floor. To help eliminate this , yes I would check if the cut is to tight to a fixed object and it could cause the floors to buckle. If its a glue down floor , you won t be able to do this. But it also means the glue has released and you ve got problems.
Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar. GL

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Question by mtsd5468: Is the black/tar paper required under hardwood floor?
I am helping to install a hardwood floor into my neighbor’s house. I have done two similar floors before this one. In both of those cases, I used the black paper between the sub-floor and the hardwood. I hand stapled the paper down and than installed the floor using staples with the air powered hardwood floor machine. Both of those floors came out well and I am very satisfied.

My neighbor purchased the wood for his project at Lumber Liquidators. He was told that “since he is putting a wood pattern into the floor” he should not use the black paper.” The pattern is just a border about 1 foot in from the wall using a darker wood.

I thought the black paper was installed to prevent squeaking between the floor and the sub-floor.

So should we use the black paper or not????

What would happen if we do not install the paper?

Cost savings is not an issue. We are not being wasteful, just don”t want to cheap out on an important item.

THANKS A WHOLE LOT.

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Answer by rob s
Either a felt tar paper like you used or a rosin paper. Some wood manufactures spec one or the other or either. This is 2 fold for the usage.1 is to help prevent squeaks from wood to wood contact and the other as a moisture barrier.
Any questions you can e mail me through my avatar.. GL

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PATENT PENDING SYSTEM COPYRIGHT TM
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Injectidry System using a HP 60i Trapped Moisture ventilating system and Vac-It Panels wet Floor Drying Panels from Injectidry Systems, Inc. invented by Ernie Storer to dry wet wooden floors without detroying the finish. I have been using this wet hardwood floor drying system to save home owners and insuance companies 10′s of thousanads of dollars many many times. By using this system demolition repair and mess can be avioded. Peoples lives are put togeather much faster. I can save about 90% of the wet hardwood floors and they usually do not even need to be refinished. On this job I was able to use the waste heat to speed the drying process and dry the cupping wood floor with the minimal power available. This system can also be used to dry damaged floors from ice dams. Knowing how to dry out wet wooden floors fast is the best way to prevent mold. For Wet Hardwood Floor Drying Please Call: 978-392-1895 or www.aaaflooddrying.com

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This video demonstrates some tips for coating hardwood floors with Basic Coating’s water-base finish.

Josh and a hardwood pro share insider tips of the trade on floor repair. Thisvideo is part of Disaster House show hosted by Josh Temple . SHOW DESCRIPTION :As other networks build and improve on homes, DIY Network actually has the guts to totally destroy its very own house just to repair it! Disaster House suffers very real damage like dropping a half-ton piano from almost 10 stories high, sponsoring the first sanctioned roller derby inside the living room, and having Page, an 8000-pound African Elephant, help clog the toilet. These outrageous experiments accelerate the typical wear and tear a house incurs and mimic common catastrophes so viewers can discover what it takes to repair some of the biggest mishaps homeowners face today.
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US Sander UFO Orbital Hardwood Floor Sander Customer Review. The UFO is an attachment that goes on a standard 1.5 HP buffer and turns it into an aggressive orbital floor sander that does not leave any swirl marks. The buffer still handles normally and uses standard sand screens and abrasives. Go to www.ussander.com for more information.

A revolutionary way to sand hardwood floors. Easy to operate, no gouging of the floor. No need for an edger sander, this unit gets right against the wall!

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This video is of a glued down application of an engineered Maple hardwood floor in a residential addition. This room was transformed in about 6 hours.
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Easy DIY hardwood floor installs easily and quickly. www.hard-wood.net

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There is a lot of confusion among consumers about how to best care for their hardwood floors. Doug Robinson, of Certified Carpet Distributors, Inc. (distributors of carpet, hardwood, ceramic, and vinyl flooring materials) dispels myths about mopping and explains why for best results the floor should be dry vacuumed and then swiftered in small sections using a manufacturer approved cleaning product. Filmed at Molyneaux Tile Carpet Wood in Pittsburgh, PA. www.beautifulfloors.com Email your questions about flooring to vblog@beautifulfloors.com and we will publish them and our answers in video.
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The floor had the fake floating hardwood on top of it concealing the red oak underneath. A large water spill happened about a year or so before creating “speed bumps” in between the hallway and living room. After removing the fake flooring I discovered damage throughout the house ranging from hundreds of staples still attached to the red oak, buckled boards, paint splatter, mold, water stains, cut boards in the floor from a circular saw, drastic discoloration, among other things.

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