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bluesman

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Does anyone else have problems with bamboo? We install it correctly but still after about six months to to a year we get call backs on the floors coming apart,cracking ,expansion,shrinking etc.
 
Yes checking moisture, leaving good expansion on walls and doors, putting T moldings at all door ways, putting down moisture barrier when needed.
 
Which kind of bamboo, the stranded? The only way to get a proper MC of strand is to oven dry it, thats what they do in china....well some of them maybe.

I have a Ligno SDM that has presets for reading all bamboo and its off by several points. I even store lots of samples from jobs in my house and most read differently than others.
 
The causes of these cracks are often related to the same factors that cause the rippling-the rebound effect and inconsistent drying. But cracking can also sometimes be a symptom of a poor quality resin and/or improper curing. Just remember, humidity is EVERYTHING when it comes to wood floors.
 

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