Crowning Floor Due Humidty

Crowning is the opposite of cupping.

Crowning floor due humidty.

This creates a concave u shape in the board. It most often occurs when a floor has been sanded too soon after cupping. If the floorboards absorb humidity from the air or moisture from the subfloor they can swell and. It usually happens after water is left standing on the wood or if the floor s exposed to high humidity over a long span.

But dust mites can t exist in humidity below 50. Like cupping and buckling crowning is a defect a wood floor can develop when exposed to moisture. An example of cracking in hardwood floor due to high relative humidity. In terms of your flooring excessive relative humidity can cause several issues.

Cupping occurs when the edges of a wood plank become higher than its center. This issue can either come from a moisture issue that is affecting the center of the planks or from sanding a floor that was cupped and still had moisture issues. This can occur when the surface of the floor encounters moisture. Crowning like buckling and peaking occurs when a floorboard is higher in the center than it is on the edges.

Crowning is characterized by wood that is raised in the center and dips down on the long edges of the planks.