limDIY23
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Hey guys! I'm new here. I'm moving apartments soon and looking for ideas to make my apartment super lovely!
Welcome.
Thank you! I hope I'll get to connect with you both! What do you think of Scandinavian or Japanese minimalism? Or lots of brick walls? I like the aesthetic. I'm just not sure if I can pull it off.Glad to have you!
Okay, sorry. I don't really know what I'm doing.You are beginning to smell like SPAM.
Thanks for clarifying. I will be more specific about my questions! I want to ask if you have any idea about wood and humid weather? And if wood is also good for kitchen floors? I'm really unsure about what I want.Lim, we are a flooring forum........ carpet wood floors, tile etc.
We're not sure what you are asking. Once you have chosen a product and have questions about installing it, we can often help answering questions.
Thanks! I need to look more into this. My grandparents' house is mostly made of wood and there are certain days where the floor is quite moist. Although I do not know what kind of wood it is. The set up is marble on the 1st floor and wood on the second floor? Or do you think it should be the other way around?I'll throw one more at you. It gives a relatively simple explanation of wood, it's moisture content and why it's important to know.
https://www.delmhorst.com/blog/bid/...rium-moisture-content-and-why-is-it-important
Basically, wood expands or contracts when humidity rises or lowers. It also expands and contract when the temperature changes.
You do not want wood to expand or contract once installed in your home, so keeping the temperature and humidity levels relatively constant is important.
Solid 3/4 inch thick wood will expand and contract a lot more then an engineered wood flooring product. Engineered wood floor is like plywood. It's just layers of wood with a top layer of the kind of finished wood that you like.
I'm just helping you understand that installing wood properly is very important. Stable or consistent temperature and humidity levels it the main issue.
Says the man who says he is from Los Angeles, but his IP address shows San Jose?You're really kind mate! Even though this person is probably a spammer or whatsoever.
Most floors here use tiles. We have looked into carpeting but the maintenance would be expensive. We just recently renovated the house because of termites infestation. To be fair, it was mostly the walls and not the flooring. I'll post here pics of the place and the tile designs that I would consider. BTW I also saw online the sticker flooring thing from a Chinese site. Have you heard of it? Probably only good aesthetically.I'd probably put it on the second floor because the air temperature and humidity would be more equal on the top of the board and the bottom of the board.
Think of it like this. If you lay a piece of lumber in the sun, the top of the board will dry out relatively fast and the top will shrink. That will bake the board curl, or cup.
If you install the wood on the lower floor, you might have this condition. The humidity under the home might be higher than inside the home. If that happens, the bottom of the board might gain moisture and expand, once again, curling or cupping the board.
Not knowing as much about wood floors as wood flooring installers do, it's hard for me to really advise you other than recommending that you research what kinds of wood are used where you live. I know the Philippines are hot and humid. That isn't a condition most wood flooring likes.
That said, I'm sure most things there are made with wood. Are termites or wood beetles an issue where you live? What wood do bugs not like to eat? Just stuff to think about.
Wood flooring takes a lot more thought than other types of flooring because of moisture, humidity and temperature changes. Those things affect wood a lot. Marble, tile and carpeting don't have those issues.
I don't know if maybe there is a website that lists what types of wood will work in your location. Wood flooring isn't cheap and you need to research to get it done right the first time.
They use teak on boat decks.......... and I assume it's got an oil finish, not a polyurethane. Oil finish like teak or tung oil don't peel off.
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