This is why it s important to maintain proper expansion space when installing and why acclimation is a crucial pre installation step.
Manufactured bamboo flooring acclimation.
Open up the boxes of flooring with the help of a knife or a box cutter.
Some engineered flooring manufacturers recommend acclimation while others do not.
A common practice is to cross stack the materials with spacers to 1 sticks between each layer of flooring to allow air circulation on all sides of all boards.
So back to the acclimation question.
Acclimation can be achieved by breaking the floor units into small lots and or opening the packaging.
Step 3 lay out bamboo flooring.
One of the biggest mistakes made by home handymen and professional installers alike is not allowing wood flooring products including hardwoods laminates engineered hardwood cork and bamboo materials to acclimate or acclimatize themselves to the room where they are to be installed.
Follow the instructions from both the wood flooring and heating system manufacturers.
The salesperson told me the bamboo would acclimate in the boxes but the deliverers would stack them jenna style.
Due to the sheer density of the planks and some binding resins bamboo flooring can t typically be tested for moisture in the same way hardwood flooring can.
Before carrying out this step ensure that you make full use of your rubber gloves and eye goggles as the proceeding steps can prove to be slightly messy.
Testing the moisture content of bamboo flooring.
Whether the floor will work depends on the specific product and the conditions of each job.
Any flooring that contains a natural wood product like bamboo hardwood or cork can respond to natural temperature and humidity changes in the home environment by expanding or contracting.
At this stage the bamboo flooring should have been bought.