{"id":149,"date":"2016-06-16T17:14:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T17:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2016-07-26T20:08:52","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T20:08:52","slug":"acclimating-wood-floors-nj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/16\/acclimating-wood-floors-nj\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclimating \u00a0Wood Floors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What should be the time duration for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floor acclimation<\/a>? This is a question many home owners, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">contractors<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floor installation companies<\/a> haven\u2019t been able to answer in a clear direction.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Wood floor installation<\/a> is a tough job and home owners plan to have the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors installed<\/a> for a particularly long period of time, so the acclimating factor has to be understood before a perfect floor install. Wrong acclimated <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a> can cause problems such as gaping or buckling. Such scenarios might not be covered under manufactures warranty. So before the installation, acclimating is a very important step you should consider for long lasting results.<\/p>\n<p>Every manufacture provides guidelines for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood<\/a> they produce be it solid or engineered. The right amount of acclimation should be more than the time you let your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a> sit on the job site. Manufacturers provide complete guidelines for the time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a> should be acclimatize, but sometimes the time estimate from manufacturer is not accurate. This is where you will have to consider to main factors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Moisture Control and<\/li>\n<li>Relative Humidity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Moisture Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Wood floors<\/a> are manufactured in an environment which is no way close to the homes or offices (where the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">floors<\/a> have to be installed eventually).\u00a0 Every <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floor<\/a> has to be acclimatized \/ dried according to the environment where they will be installed ( also known as Moisture Control ) The mills or finishing factory\u2019s environment cannot be matched with the environment at consumer level due to lack of logistics and equipment. Generally moisture control parentage varies between 6 %\u00a0 to 9 %, according to the manufacturers industry standards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relative Humidity<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">Wood flooring<\/a> is an absorbent material, which is subject to change its shape and size according to the moisture, temperature and humidity level in surroundings. For long life of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring<\/a> and a perfect install, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a> have to have the same moisture level as of the surroundings where it will be installed. \u00a0The manufacturers recommend 30 % to 50 % \u00a0relative humidity to be maintained at job site, before, during or after the installation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wood-flooring-NJ.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wood-flooring-NJ-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"wood-flooring-NJ\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wood-flooring-NJ-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/wood-flooring-NJ.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the above mentioned two factors are taken care of by the owner, contractor or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring company<\/a>, then the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floor installation<\/a> will look at its best and long lasting.\u00a0 Knowing the Moisture control and relative humidity percentage helps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">flooring companies<\/a> to prepare <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood floors<\/a> at consumer\u2019s environmental level, so there won\u2019t be any problems in the long run.\u00a0 When it comes to new constructions, the environmental level is completely different from what it will be after the construction. This is where a smart and efficient <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">wood flooring company<\/a> is required.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\"><strong>Wood Flooring NJ<\/strong><\/a> carries many different species of solid and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">engineered wood floors<\/a> acclimatized to the environmental conditions of consumers in New Jersey and New York.\u00a0 We follow the best practice required to make your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">hardwood floor installation<\/a> superior, beautiful elegant and long lasting.<\/p>\n<p>For further details visit us at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/\">http:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/<\/a>\u00a0or Call us at:\u00a0551-206-0600<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What should be the time duration for wood floor acclimation? This is a question many home owners, contractors or the wood floor installation companies haven\u2019t been able to answer in&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/16\/acclimating-wood-floors-nj\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Acclimating \u00a0Wood Floors<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[22,19,48,56,52,53,46,37,27,44,45,54,50,35,10,34,30,38,36,20,18,12,32,33,17,21,23,43,11,16,39,14,41,8,40,29,57,58,15,24,55,49,51,59,5,26,6,28,9,31,25,42,47],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-acclimating-wood-floors","tag-brazilian-cherry-hardwood-floors-paramus","tag-east-rutherford","tag-edgewater","tag-englewood","tag-englewood-cliffs","tag-floor-installation-nj","tag-floor-installers-in-nj","tag-floor-refinishing-nj","tag-flooring-installation-new-jersey","tag-flooring-installation-nj","tag-fort-lee","tag-hackensack","tag-hard-wood-floor-paramus","tag-hardwood-floor-installation-paramus","tag-hardwood-floor-new-jersey","tag-hardwood-floor-nj","tag-hardwood-floor-paramus","tag-hardwood-floor-refinishing-nj","tag-hardwood-flooring-installation-nj","tag-hardwood-flooring-new-jersey","tag-hardwood-flooring-nj","tag-hardwood-flooring-paramus","tag-hardwood-floors-new-jersey","tag-hardwood-floors-nj","tag-hardwood-floors-refinishing-nj","tag-moisture-control-wood-floors","tag-new-jersey-flooring-installation","tag-new-jersey-hardwood-floor-refinishing","tag-new-jersey-hardwood-flooring","tag-new-jersey-hardwood-floors","tag-new-jersey-wood-flooring","tag-nj-flooring-installation","tag-nj-hardwood-flooring","tag-nj-hardwood-flooring-installation","tag-nj-hardwood-floors","tag-north-bergen","tag-paramus","tag-refinishing-hardwood-floors-nj","tag-relative-humidity-wood-floors","tag-ridgefield","tag-rutherford","tag-teaneck","tag-tenafly","tag-wood-floor-installation-nj","tag-wood-floor-nj","tag-wood-floor-refinishing-nj","tag-wood-flooring-new-jersey","tag-wood-flooring-nj","tag-wood-floors-new-jersey","tag-wood-floors-nj","tag-wood-hardwood-flooring-installation-new-jersey","tag-wood-refinishing-nj","excerpt"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.woodflooringnj.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}