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

lacquered wood floorings better or natural oiled wood floorings ?

In China, wood flooring companies often paint the surface when processing. However,

European companies like to use natural oil painting. Why?

First, it is the matter of aesthetics. In early times, people think that wood floorings with

good luster, smoothness, hardness and strong painting surface are favorable. Later, they

discovered antique floorings, which makes advancement in aesthetics. Nevertheless,

foreigners think that feelings are very important. You can take off you shoes and have a

try. You would find that the feeling of bare foot on flat floors and natural oil floors are

different. Paint film floors are sticky, while natural oil floors are more comfortable and

natural, especially in summer. Nowadays, some of the companies in our country began to

learn European enterprises. They use natural oil to paint the surface. This kind of wood

floorings feel beautiful and soft.

Second, it is the matter of wood flooring management. In the eyes of most people, the

lacquered surface is better to manage than the natural oil surface. Really? In fact,

foreigners have gone through this problems. No matter how well we paint the wood

floorings, after few years frition, the wood floorings would have more and more scratches.

With time go by, you would feel worse and worse so that you would like to replace them.

But it consumes much energy to replace the  hardwood floorings. Then can you imagine how the

foreigners would do? They would clean the floors well, find several pieces of sandpapers,

and sand them. Then they brush some natural oil. One or two days later, you would find it

more tasteful. Although ten years have past, there would be no place that is damaged. You

only to find it more antique. However, paint surface can not do this.

Third, it is the matter of environmental concept. To sum up, UV painting is environmental.

It can reach country’s standard. But it does not mean there is no toxic content inside. It

just contains a little. We have to see what paint you would use. On the other hand, natural

oil is distilled from plants. Pure natural oil does no harm to people. Surely, in order to

reduce cost, some people add some chemical products into it. As long as you smell it, you

would feel tense.

The installation of natural oiled hardwood floorings is simple. Thus, the production cost is lower than

paint. But we have to pay attention to the quality of natural oil. So far, people have a simple

understanding on natural oiled hardwood flooring
s. Merchants have to guide them. Maybe some special

group are suitable to this concept. We believe that in the future, more and more people

would accept it. It is a trend.