Lamiante flooring - acclimatisation

[JohnBishop]

Hi All,

I was going to ask you about acclimatisation.

The vendor says 48h but on YT the same vendor also says about the need to have radiant heating ON during acclimatisation.

I don't have the heating turned on in the house at the moment but should I do it before and during the installation?

In my case 7-8mm thick laminate floorboards.

 

What is the exact reason behind this process? Is this the temperature, humidity or both?

Without heating the humidity is relatively high 60-65%. If I turn the heating on the humidity will drop and the boards will start shrinking.

I reckon I want to find a sweet spot otherwise it's going to be detrimental either in Winter or in Summer.

Thanks

Edited September 7, 2022 by JohnBishop

[markc]

For solid wood flooring then acclimatising or normalising is important, laminate it doesn’t really matter unless it’s coming from a sub zero warehouse into a hot dry room. During its life the material will likely experience wide temperature and humidity swings anyway. Main thing is to lay the packs down on a flat surface, do not stand up against a wall etc. in a commercial install the floor often goes from truck to laid within hours

[nod]

Absolutely no need to acclimatize laminate Anymore than you would acclimatize a chipboard floor 

Even solid wood floors are rarely on site for long before they are laid