Waves In Hardwood Floors

Contractors often confuse chatter with wave.

Waves in hardwood floors.

Have i done something wrong while installing the hardwood floor or is the sub floor uneven. The floor has waves you can definitely notice them but they are more apparent when the light hits them. How to care for a pre finished hardwood floor rippling in a wood floor is called chatter if the ripples are less than 1 1 2 inches apart and waves if the ripples are more than 1 1 2 inches apart. It looks like a stone that was dropped in water with the ripples flowing out.

A rotary sander is needed. Although it is possible to get waves from a springy floor. Place it on the floor for an hour or so to get a reading. After the floor had performed well for a year and a half the floor suffered a serious failure within the period of a few weeks and had to be replaced.

The failure was due to a hidden defect in the original wall construction that allowed air to enter the space between the ceiling of the first floor and the subfloor of the second level. Go to your nearest electronics store and purchase a little device called a hygrometer which gives you the temperature and relative humidity of the room. If you have a poorly secured sub floor joists spaced wider than 16â on center to thin a sub floor poorly nailed hardwood any number of things can affect the sanding. Wave is a repeat of the first imperfection that runs repeatedly over the floor and is typically more than 1 1 2 inches apart.

I went under the house and noticed that in the lifted area there s a support beam directly in that area. Just a few more questions if i may. Since the floor is very dark without much of the grain showing through they are more obvious then if the floor were lighter. Wave imperfections stop a few feet from the walls.

One of the aspects of building with natural products is that nature can sometimes win over despite the best of modern engineering. It looks like there s a wave in the flooring. The wood flooring looks to be completely intact to subfloor. My house is 25 years old.

After 3 days i entered the home to find that there was a wave pattern throughout all 4 rooms now even on the one that didn t have the problem originally. In the flooring industry is this wave a common problem that people have to live with. The refinisher needs to know what type of equipment and process to use in order to properly finish a sprung floor. How to level a wavy and bumpy floor.

My floor is a very dark ebony and the finish is satin. I have a question about the wave.