If the floorboards absorb humidity from the air or moisture from the subfloor they can swell and.
Crowning floor due humidty.
Like cupping and buckling crowning is a defect a wood floor can develop when exposed to moisture.
An example of cracking in hardwood floor due to high relative humidity.
Cupping occurs when the edges of a wood plank become higher than its center.
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.
But dust mites can t exist in humidity below 50.
This creates a concave u shape in the board.
This can occur when the surface of the floor encounters moisture.
The middle of the board is higher than the board s edges.
Crowning is characterized by wood that is raised in the center and dips down on the long edges of the planks.
Crowning like buckling and peaking occurs when a floorboard is higher in the center than it is on the edges.
Unfortunately it s also possible to cause crowning in an attempt to fix cupping.
Crowning is typically a problem that is a direct result of cupping.
Crowning is the opposite of cupping.