Carpet Call admires anyone who attempts to reduce their carbon emissions. The hot Australian climate calls for air-conditioning or cooling on super- hot days. A word of advice from the Carpet Call installers is to research heavily if you are installing an evaporative cooler as incorrect use may damage your floors.
Our Carpet Call timber team noticed a lot of forums dedicated to the damage timber and laminate floors had incurred as a result of evaporative coolers in the home. Carpet Call learned that evaporative coolers saturate the air with moisture. If used incorrectly without ventilation, the excessive moisture may cause timber flooring to expand creating small humps. Carpet Call are aware that if relative humidity exceeds 70% in your room, damage will occur but there is no official benchmark set by manufacturers or the flooring associations in Australia.
Our Carpet Call service team have also found some instances where moisture from evaporative coolers may have damaged the sub floor. Moisture may have rotted the wood under the timber floor planks, causing the subfloor to swell and push the hardwood planks out of place.
Timber flooring is a beautiful natural product but demands care and attention. Feel free to call any of our Carpet Stores if you have any questions on evaporative coolers and timber flooring.
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