Will My Cupped Wood Floors Flatten

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Will my cupped wood floors flatten.

3 months after the installation and cupping is occurring to all new hardwood floors. Published by fci bnp media. Whenever there is too much moisture the wood expands. More than likely the board will stay flat when it is completely dry.

I have seen floors flatten out totally. Cupping in engineered wood floors. Sanding can help flatten the raised floor surface and bring it back to normal. To fix a floor with crowning you must find and correct the issue that is causing excessive moisture which can include leaks wet slabs or improper hvac usage.

Nwfa tip sheet tthe first step of remediating a cupped floor is to determine why the floor cupped. After sanding the floor is usually refinished to restore its sheen. I m facing a similar situation. It is not existing in the old hardwood that was already there downstairs.

My hardwood floors are newly installed in the upstairs throughout. To correct the cupping all of the flooring must be re sanded and refinished. So clamp it tight to a couple of cauls. Wet floors should not be sanded flat until the drying process is completed.

How to fix cupped hardwood flooring. I wouldn t count on it becoming perfectly flat but it might move a little bit. In the latter case a cupped floor was sanded flat but once the moisture levels return to an acceptable level the edges of the plank were sanded down below the center. This should happen when the flooring is close to a mid point of the mc levels it experiences throughout the year.

You just need to give it time and wait to see how it reacts. Leave it in the clamps for a couple of days. Once you have it stabilized several months after the source of moisture has been handled you can probably sand it flat and expect it to stay. Better yet until you re ready to use it.

Downstairs half of the floor was hardwood and the other half carpeted so we converted it all to hardwood. At this point the floor may now be ruined and need to be replaced. Cupped flooring will it flatten out. It is possible the cupping will go away on it s own.

Sanding a cupped floor flat before it is brought to a normal mc can eventually result in a crowned floor convex surface once the drying process is complete. Fcidigital may june 2011 how to remediate a cupped wood floor. 3 now the board is flat or maybe even cupped a little to the opposite side. There are basically three causes for a floor to cup.