Crowning Floor Due Humidty

Crowning is characterized by wood that is raised in the center and dips down on the long edges of the planks.

Crowning floor due humidty.

This creates a concave u shape in the board. In terms of your flooring excessive relative humidity can cause several issues. Like cupping and buckling crowning is a defect a wood floor can develop when exposed to moisture. Crowning like buckling and peaking occurs when a floorboard is higher in the center than it is on the edges.

But dust mites can t exist in humidity below 50. Crowning is typically a problem that is a direct result of cupping. Unfortunately it s also possible to cause crowning in an attempt to fix cupping. Crowning is the opposite of cupping.

If the floorboards absorb humidity from the air or moisture from the subfloor they can swell and. This can occur when the surface of the floor encounters moisture. Cupping occurs when the edges of a wood plank become higher than its center. It most often occurs when a floor has been sanded too soon after cupping.

This issue can either come from a moisture issue that is affecting the center of the planks or from sanding a floor that was cupped and still had moisture issues.