Our Carpet
Call service team recently took a call from a customer who said is new
engineered timber floor installed by Carpet Call was alive and moving!
As you can imagine our service team member remained non-judgemental and
listened to her most interesting call of the day at Carpet Call head
office.
He was
correct. All timber flooring sold at Carpet Call is dynamic. It is
continuously reacting to the Australian climate. One of the charms of any
engineered timber from Carpet Call is that as a natural product it will
retain its natural beauty and characteristics
Carpet
Call installers
will tell every customer that the timber flooring they have installed will
adjust and respond to its environment not only for the next 12 months but for
the life of the floor. Timber flooring is always at battle with adjustments in
humidity and temperature that occur naturally and forced with the use of
air-conditioners and heaters.
Don’t
panic! Knowing that your timber is alive will help you understand that there is
nothing wrong with the timber flooring you bought from Carpet Call
Carpet
Call
came up with a list of instances that encourages visible changes to the
appearance of the flooring.
·
Carpet Call
found that evaporative air conditioners operated in summer without sufficient
ventilation cause a spike in humidity forcing your timber floor to take on
moisture and expand.
·
Refrigeration air conditioners used during
hot summers reduce the humidity level and dry the air causing the timber floor
to lose moisture. Carpet Call has experienced species reacting
differently resulting in a variety of changes and movement in the timber floor.
Certainly it expands and contracts a little but this is normal.
What can be done to minimise the movement? Carpet Call installers revealed that you must firstly accept that timber is a natural product and will react to changes in climatic conditions. Embrace the natural beauty and characteristics of timber. Carpet Call installers shared that slab preparation, use of adhesives where necessary and correct operation of air conditioners will minimise movement
Carpet Call believes the more you live on your timber floor, the more interesting qualities you will notice and fall in love with it again and again
What can be done to minimise the movement? Carpet Call installers revealed that you must firstly accept that timber is a natural product and will react to changes in climatic conditions. Embrace the natural beauty and characteristics of timber. Carpet Call installers shared that slab preparation, use of adhesives where necessary and correct operation of air conditioners will minimise movement
Carpet Call believes the more you live on your timber floor, the more interesting qualities you will notice and fall in love with it again and again