Wooden floor warping

[crazydaze]

Well this area has got far worse these last couple of weeks after fluctuating within acceptable parameters all winter. It got this bad last year a few weeks after it was laid. The guy who fitted it came back to finish the tiling and noticed it himself. He rectified it by cutting away some of the wood (I think under the skirting) and re-laying as flat as a pancake so why oh why oh why has it gone back just as bad ? wood doesn't gain mass in a few months.

It’s expanded because of seasonal changes in humidity/temperatures and because we still have no idea if it’s laid on a dry subfloor, it will also have moved excessively because the floor has not been installed as per manufacturers instructions and should NEVER have been floated on an underlay.

You are asking questions that were answered when everyone last tried to assist you but you told all us professionals we were wrong.

 

[DIY67]

It was laid on lino, that is on concrete, with green felt underlay. I can't see what else it could have been laid on. I did question if the lino should be left and he said it was fine and would act as extra cushioning.

 

[crazydaze]

It was laid on lino, that is on concrete, with green felt underlay. I can't see what else it could have been laid on. I did question if the lino should be left and he said it was fine and would act as extra cushioning.

As per Woodpeckers installation instructions, the floor should NEVER have been floated on anything. It’s simply not stable enough to install this way.

The Lino should have been taken up, the floor checked for moisture and levelled (and treated if required) appropriately and the flooring should then have been fully bonded to the subfloor.

No linoleum and no green felt underlay should have been anywhere near it.

 

[DIY67]

As per Woodpeckers installation instructions, the floor should NEVER have been floated on anything. It’s simply not stable enough to install this way.

The Lino should have been taken up, the floor checked for moisture and levelled (and treated if required) appropriately and the flooring should then have been fully bonded to the subfloor.

No linoleum and no green felt underlay should have been anywhere near it.

OK, but that aside the wood shouldn't be continuously expanding after he adjusted it by taking some off.

 

[crazydaze]

OK, but that aside the wood shouldn't be continuously expanding after he adjusted it by taking some off.

The wood will absolutely continue to expand if not fittted correctly and secured as it should have been. This is precisely why you can’t float a solid wood floor.

The floor needed taking back to a bare subfloor, it then needed to be moisture tested, treated if required to stop moisture rising from beneath, and the. It needed to be levelled. The Wood then needed to be installed directly to the floor - NOT floated - and securely glued with the correct adhesives.

As none of this happened, this is why your floors moving and expanding all over the place.

 

[DIY67]

But there is no damp on the floor due to lino being in between.

 

[crazydaze]

But there is no damp on the floor due to lino being in between.

The lino not a DPM! it would allow the floor to sweat.

Your thinking over what is happening, but not taking into account that the floor MUST be fixed to the subfloor to give its stability, it is not.

This coupled with completely unknown subfloor condition and ‘normal humidity and temperature change’ within the room only amplifies the issue.

The floor is not fitted correctly, the subfloor hasn’t been prepared correctly, this is why your floor has and is failing continuously.

If you don’t believe myself or the other professionals that have replied and tried to help, please, call Woodpeckers technical services department and ask them for their advice.