Professional Wood Flooring Installation & Restoration Contractors in Croydon

Acclimatisation is getting your wood comfortable in its final destination; by comfortable we mean its water content is at equilibrium to its surroundings. If the air is too moist your wood will take on water, if the air is too dry the wood will crack so we recommend at least a 72 hour period for letting the wood acclimatise in the room in which it will be laid.

Generally you need underlay to help with sound reduction and to also act as an insulation buffer. Underlay is specifically used for engineered and laminate flooring to help prevent expansion, shrinkage and cupping.

Mixer grade is a pack of wood flooring that contains a mixture of wood grades. Your pack will contain the same boards, some boards will have no imperfections, some will have filled knots and include a variation in color.

Wood floors come in two types of length. Random length boards are usually solid wood floors. There is a minimum length and a max length. The boards will be between these two sizes. You need to be aware that most companies by a shorter length spec where most of the boards are closer to the shortest size and you do not receive many longer boards.

This question can be a bit confusing because multiply flooring is still engineered. The simple difference is the thickness of the board and how many layers it has. Multi-ply wood is thicker and more rigid which of course is reflected in the price.