Installation Guidelines

Chapter 1 | Measuring & Ordering

February 02, 2023

Custom Hardwood Floors At Gaylord’s your order is specially made for you, so the measure is very important. When the customer performs the site...

February 02, 2023

Recently, I was fortunate enough to attend a National Wood Flooring Association seminar entitled “Understanding Relative Humidity in Your Home”....

February 02, 2023

Solid wood flooring will perform best when the interior environment is controlled to stay within a relative humidity range of 30% to 50% and a t...

February 02, 2023

Minimal Jobsite Conditions for Hardwood Flooring Wood flooring should be one of the last jobs completed on the construction site. Limiting th...

February 02, 2023

Hardwood Flooring Acclimation The point of acclimating wood flooring prior to installation is to allow the moisture content of the wood to adjus...

February 02, 2023

Moisture Testing Moisture meters and humidistats are the most critical tools of the trade. If your installer does not have either of these too...

February 02, 2023

Subfloor Uniformity and Integrity Wood subfloors must be flat, clean, dry, structurally sound, free from squeaks, and free from protruding faste...

February 02, 2023

Concrete Subfloors Subfloor Must Be Level Ensure the concrete slab is flat, with the tolerance being 3/16” over 10’. If the slab is out of speci...

February 02, 2023

Edge Glued Installation of Engineered Flooring (Floating with Pad) Using approved glue, put a line not less than 1/16” and up to 1/8” in diameter ...

February 02, 2023

Solid Hardwood Flooring Installation Requirements Upon failed job site conditions, Gaylord Hardwood Flooring will require a signed waiver form i...

February 02, 2023

Wide Plank Installation Nail down installation of wide plank solid and wide plank engineered flooring requires additional bonding to the subfloor...

February 02, 2023

The Various Radiant Heating Systems There are 4 types of radiant heating systems (steam radiators, hydronic (water), hot water baseboards, and l...