I have a question that I can't really find a good answer to.
If you have lumber and solid wood flooring stored in a cold garage with free airflow through the eaves, can you bring it inside and start using it immediately in the house without it shrinking? Especially considering that it is cold outside now and the air is fairly dry?
Or do you need to let it sit indoors for X number of days/weeks to ensure that it doesn't shrink after installation?
If you have lumber and solid wood flooring stored in a cold garage with free airflow through the eaves, can you bring it inside and start using it immediately in the house without it shrinking? Especially considering that it is cold outside now and the air is fairly dry?
Or do you need to let it sit indoors for X number of days/weeks to ensure that it doesn't shrink after installation?
Moisture measure the floor. There are usually moisture meters available for loan at the hardware store. Otherwise, a tip is to let the floor acclimatize to the environment where it will be laid, under pressure of course. If it's in a package, it should remain in the packaging until you are ready to use it. I guess about a week if it's a dried floor.
The floor is from the house from before, so it's a "dried" floor in that sense. It has been laid and used as a floor in the house for about 30 years. I removed it carefully and carried it out into the garage to make space.perfre said:
My thought now is that it's cold outside and therefore quite dry, compared to summer, so maybe it doesn't need to stay inside for so long before you can screw it up?
Does the floor need to be under pressure when I bring it in, you mean? So it doesn't warp?
Perhaps I can lay it flat on the beams in that case and secure them with straps, so they can't rise. Of course, I probably should put spacers in between so they can also air out and acclimatize.