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What is the most important thing for me to know about solid wood flooring?

April 26, 2017solid thing wood flooring

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What is the most important thing for me to know about solid wood flooring?

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Wood is hygroscopic. It absorbs and loses moisture depending on subfloor moisture content and ambient air relative humidity. With these moisture changes, wood swells and shrinks. This fact is the basis of almost all problems that arise with wood flooring.