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Posted by Key Bored on April 8, 2007, 11:13 pm
Hi All,
I'm planning on installing hardwood flooring in several rooms. Home Depot
sells the Thomasville brand, 1/2" thick engineered 9-ply wood planks,
tongue-and-grooved, 5" wide, various lengths from 12" to 48". I will be
using adhesive to glue the planks to a unglazed 12" by 12" ceramic tile
floor on concrete. Thomasville recommends Bostik adhesives for this
purpose. The tongue-and-grooves are not supposed to be filled with glue.
I bought a box of flooring to check out the color, grain, etc. and noticed
that a few of the 48" long planks have a slight warp or crown, about 1/8" or
less at the center. There weren't any planks with a reverse crown.
Is this typical for engineered wood planks from other manufacturers? Is the
adhesive strong enough to flatten the crown during installation? It takes 1
or 2 pounds of force applied at the center of the plank to eliminate the
crown. Thomasville recommends rolling the floor with a 100-pound roller
about 1 hour after application of adhesive.
Thanx,
Key Bored
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Posted by on April 10, 2007, 7:18 pm
I dont know it doesnt sound right to me if you can see the crown with your
eye you probably have a bad batch
if you are laying a straight edge across it and see a tiny crown then I dont
know
but that suff is supose to be stable
call the manufacturer and ask them if they will cover labor costs even
though you are doing it yourself because its gonna be a mess once its glued
to the tile.
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