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Subfloor spaces

by TTN Admin | Mar 6, 2018 | No. 380 // March 2018 | 0

Even experienced installers need to carefully consider site specifics when laying floors, say...

Yellowing timber

by TTN Admin | May 3, 2017 | No. 370 // May 2017 | 0

As is often the case, this month’s article was inspired by recent events. While we were visiting a...

Destroyers of Timber

by TTN Admin | Dec 15, 2016 | No. 365 // December 2016 | 0

Over the years we have received requests for assistance from organizations as far afield as the...

Adhesives

by TimberTrader News Editor | Sep 1, 2016 | No. 362 // September 2016 | 0

Delamination from the substrate, timber movement, drummy spots and even timber splitting are symptoms commonly associated with timber floor issues related to adhesive failure; which begs the question “What’s causing the adhesive to fail?”

Understanding dimensional changes in timber

by TimberTrader News Editor | Aug 19, 2016 | No. 361 // August 2016 | 0

Today the demands on our timber resources are such that much of the timber is derived from plantation stocks, juvenile forests or lumber imported from overseas – all of which are factors that render timber more vulnerable to dimensional change.

Plywood – would know, should know, could know

by TimberTrader News Editor | May 25, 2016 | No. 358 // May 2016 | 0

Plywood would have to be one of the decorative timber flooring industry’s quiet achievers. Learn more with Timber Trader News.

Expansion gaps

by TimberTrader News Editor | May 12, 2016 | No. 357 // April 2016 | 0

Sharon and Ray Brice talk Expansion gaps this month in ‘Brice on Boards’

By Association

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | Uncategorised | 0

Next year I celebrate 50 years in the floor covering industry, and I must say, I have enjoyed every project. From the challenging to the prestigious but, by far, the most rewarding experiences, have come from my involvement with...

The problem with moisture

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 350 // September 2015 | 0

The Oxford Dictionary defines the word “moisture’ as; “Water or other liquids diffused in small quantities as vapour within a solid, or compressed on a surface,” where once again it becomes water.

How to handle a complaint

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 349 // August 2015 | 0

It doesn’t matter what sector of the flooring industry you work in, it would seem that consumer complaints are a certainty

Underfloor heating

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 351 // October 2015 | 0

From start to finish, the success of a timber floor installation over a heated subfloor is subject to the level of open communication, and the exchange of information, between all parties. This includes the customer, the subfloor heating provider/contractor, and the flooring contractor.

Maintenance comes to the surfaces

by TTN Admin | Jan 21, 2016 | No. 348 // July 2015 | 0

The number of flooring issues originating from inappropriate cleaning practises is perplexing, for no other reason than that many of them could have been avoided.

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