Hardwood Floor Cupping Repair
The good news is that hardwood floor cupping can be reversed setting the planks back to their original condition.
Hardwood floor cupping repair. The first thing you must do when you notice a cupped floor is to identify the source of moisture. This expansion can be in the form of cupping the center of the board is lower than the edges or crowning the center of the board is higher than the edges. Crowning is typically a problem that is a direct result of cupping. Here are four ways to reverse cupped hardwood floors.
A crowned wood floor is another problem that is usually the result of a moisture issue. Sanding a hardwood floor while it is still cupped will result in a problem called crowning. When moisture interacts with a hardwood floor the side of the boards closest to the moisture expands. Whenever there is too much moisture the wood expands.
How to fix cupped hardwood flooring.