Wood flooring claims often arise as a result of unexpected performance or installation issues that become evident prior to, during, or any time after the flooring installation. Some of the most common wood flooring claims involve a dimensional change of the product resulting from moisture change. They show up in the form of gaps between boards, cupping, crowning, and buckling. Other commonly encountered issues include excessive noise/squeaks, scratches, indentations, peeling finish, color change, splits, cracks, checks, delamination, and improper maintenance. These issues will often necessitate the need to have an expert hardwood flooring inspector examine and test the floor, in order to evaluate and determine the cause for the condition. Certified Floor Covering Inspectors go through specialized training, which equips them with advanced knowledge in the field of wood science, manufacturing processes, moisture relationships, installation, sand, and finish. The expert wood flooring inspector understands the intricacies of problems, causes, and cures related to wood flooring claims.
Acclimation Or Conditioning
Applicator Streaks
Applicator Streaks
Bamboo Cupping
Bamboo Gaps
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Bleed Back
Bubbles In Finish
Buckling
Chair Protectors
Checks – Engineered Hardwood
Checks (Surface & End) Solid Wood
Color Change
Contamination Of Textured Grain
Core Void
Cork-General Info
Craters/Fish Eyes
Crawling
Crowning
Cupping
Delamination – Engineered Wood
Dishout
Dry Cupping – Engineered Hardwood
Early Wear – Pet Damage
Endlift /Ski (Engineered Flooring)
Enzymatic Stain
Gaps – Seasonal And Abnormal
Grading
Greenhouse Effect
Hollow Sounds
Janka Hardness Rating
Kiln Drying
Maintenance
Milling Issues
Noise – Snap, Crackle, Pop
Panelization
Peeling Finish
Picture Framing (Halo Effect)
Poly Beads
Powder Post Beetle
Sanding Marks (Drum, Edger And Chatter)
Scratches /Dents/ Impact
Shake (Wind)
Side Bonding
Splinters (Slivers)
Splits – Cracks
Vapor Retarder
Water Damage
White Lines
Wood Distortion
Wood Shear (Engineered Flooring)
