Timber floor boards

There's a good explanation of acclimatisation of flooring in our Technical Design Guide #09, available for download free of charge via this link https://www.woodsolutions.com.au/publications - refer pages 33-35. Note that you need to have some way of knowing when the flooring has reached an appropriate moisture content, or perhaps it will already be at the right moisture content, in which case there is no need for lengthy acclimatisation. Either way, testing with a moisture meter will tell you when it's ready to install.

American Oak Flooring discolouration

The images of your American oak flooring, sent separately, show brown stains in conjunction with 'checks' (fine surface splits). American red and white oaks are prone to developing checks during drying - fine checks may even appear during carefully controlled kiln drying. In our opinion the brown stains associated with the checks are tannin stains. However, tannin stains don't appear spontaneously, they occur when naturally occurring tannin is dissolved by moisture and brought to the surface.

Moisture Management of Mass Timber Construction

This guide discusses the effects of timber exposure to excessive moisture, provides strategies to minimise moisture ingress during construction, and recommends remedial actions if necessary. Construction on building sites inevitably needs some level of remediation that may require budgetary and program allowance by the contractor. The guide focuses on mass timber buildings, generally associated with non-residential construction.

Timber Talks Series 6

Series six of WoodSolutions Timber Talks, provides the latest informative and entertaining information about the best design practices, latest innovations and interesting case studies and interviews with world leading experts in timber design, specification and construction.

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