What are the reasons for wood flooring aging

We believe that many people have encountered the problem of an aging wood flooring, because, as time goes on , wood flooring will be discolored, bulging, cracking, peeling, cupping, and mildewing, arching, degumming, worn, which we all name as the aging wood flooring. Then what are the reasons of wood flooring ageing?

There are two reasons of wood flooring aging: internal and external.

The internal reasons are including： the moisture content of wood flooring, the performance and quality of flooring lacquer, the wood material of flooring, the quality of moisture-proof underlayer installed when laying the floor, the gaps left for expoation and contraction during the installtion of flooring.These will affect the life time  and the aging of your hardwood flooring.

External factors mainly refer to the temperature of the wood floor, humidity, mold fungus causeing aging wooden flooring.

The most difficult problem for anti-aging flooring technology is at the aspect of flooring lacquer.

As the surface coatings of wood flooring with ordinary lacquer could not match those coatings of laminate flooring in terms of hardness, flexibility, scratch resistance and the abrasion resistance. Thus, there would be bumps, scratches and lacquer-sheddings for those ordinary wood floorings and this phenomena undoubtedly affects flooriing lifetime. 　　

The moisture content control, the moisture resistance ,the installation ways of hardwood flooring have great effects on the flooring aging. As a result, in normal situations, we should try to avoid the contact of hardwood flooring with water, this can significantly improve the lifetime of wooden flooring.At the same time, when purchasing flooring, we should also select the wood flooring with precise moisture control and good moisture resistance. 　　

During installation, we have to ask sellers to help us arrange installation, otherwise no one knows who shall take responsibility once problems occur.

To protect wood flooring from aging, it is necessary to cut off the source of wooden flooring,aging.The above information is what we must pay great attention to when buying the hardwood flooring.

Pay attention to five aspects on installation of hardwood flooring

Hardwood flooring feels very comfortable, looks naturally beautiful, but is expensive.

For consumers who have a solid wood flooring,it is very unconomical to bear the bad

influence its usage life due to the improper installation.

There are five aspects on wood flooring installation that should be paid attention to.

 

First, be sure to check after finished the installation of joist.

Uneven ground can suspend part of the floor and wooden joist, when you step on it you

might hear an unpleasant sound. If the wood flooring is not firmly installed , it can also

come across the same situation, thus make sure to check it after installation. You can step

on the wooden joist, or shake the feet to make sure whether it is firm.

 

Second, don’t forget flat testing

After the installation of first row of floors, the installer should test flatness, if the wood

flooring is uneven, we need to adjust immediately, otherwise it will affect the upcoming

laying work. After installation, you’d better put a vertical ruler on the floor, to see if there

are gaps.

 

Third, drying and decay of joist

Generally, the qualified wood flooring moisture content is 12%, wood joist need to be

dried in order to avoid dampness which is caused by moisture difference. Solid wood

flooring is easy to be damaged by worms, so put camphor wood shavings in the joist,

normally, put 1000 g camphor wood shavings every eight square meters.

 

Fourth, pay attention to the color contrast of wood flooring in advance

The color of each piece of wood flooring could be various, so it should be classed before

laying, pick out the similar color, and texture floor so that the overall effect will not be

much difference.

 

Five pay attention to the laying of underlayer foam

In order to avoid the water content of wall to affect wood floors, the laying of underlayer

foam should not only cover the entire wood joist, but also be sure that the underlayer foam

is 10cm away from the corners. Meanwhile, between the wall and the wood flooring

should stay out of the expansion joints, if it is too close, it may easy to distort