On 12/12/2012 3:06 PM, jloomis wrote:
Yes, I do agree. It was just that I had a window of opportunity to
do the floor before Christmas, and my client was antsy....
I calmed them down, and will wait until Jan. to install.
That way the wood will be allowed to accrue the ambient temp, and
moisture of the
house, and hopefully work out just fine.
john
thanks for the notes

Add my vote for "acclimate" to the rest, John. Makes no sense no to do so.

That said, I don't know that I'd worry about leaving it stacked to
acclimate more than a couple of day (assuming it hadn't been stored in
the bottom of their fish pondg)

Just because your buddy installed floors for years, doesn't necessarily
mean that he was doing it correctly. When had the slab for my
garage/shop poured I wanted a moisture barrier beneath the shop portion.
The concrete contractor, who did great work, told me it was totally
unnecessary as "water cannot penetrate concrete." Yeah, uh, right!